The Cookie Blog

Casey Anthony gets all the focus.......Caylee gets nothing.

2011-07-08T10:51:00.001-04:00

Casey Anthony was acquitted of the murder of her daughter this week. 12 jurors say there was not enough evidence to convict her. They feel the State did not prove there was a murder. Maybe not a murder? Then what was there here?

What an outrage.

Some say the system worked. We are judged by our peers. We have the best system in the world. Maybe.

We know this. Caylee Marie Anthony is dead. It took 30 days to report Caylee missing to the police. Casey Anthony found guilty of lying to the police on four counts. By lying, Casey Anthony led police on a wild goose chase. No one convicted, no one going to jail for the crime, no one getting the death penalty. Nothing. Nada. Many people are disappointed with the outcome. Casey Anthony and her lawyers will make a lot of money. Shame on you.

We know this.
There is blood on someone's hands.

Our Government Sucks

2011-03-28T11:38:00.000-04:00

Lets call it like it is.

The federal government has gotten too big. Its involved in things where it has no business.

Remember who is to be blamed. The House and the Senate. They make the laws. They write the bills and the amendments - and everyone has to live with them.

They pass the budgets - they appropriate and spend the money. Our money.

Rich elected officials. The Millionaires.

Here is an interesting fact from Political Hotsheet.
"While the base pay for members of Congress is $174,000, nearly half -- 261, to be exact -- are millionaires, according to an analysis of 2009 data from the Center for Responsive Politics (there are 535 total members of the House and Senate). Just 1 percent of Americans overall can say the same."

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There are about 1.8 million federal employees. Average salary; $74,000. The private sector earn an average of about $41,000.

The bigger government gets, the more it spends, the harder it is to control.

The bigger government gets, the more it becomes corrupt.

Government has become a business. They are in the business of printing and spending money. They are in the business of giving into lobbyists. They are in the business of giving into unions. They are the business of returning favors. Most are lawyers, or have JD degrees, and should know better.

We have a $14 trillion deficit. An example of one trillion dollars - is spending a million dollars everyday for 2009 years. Think of that. How pathetic. That our elected officials could let things get so far out of control.

Now teachers and government workers think they are getting screwed. Pensions are in trouble - because they were under funded. Who is at fault here? The people who allowed the pensions, kept paying for them, never appropriate the necessary money to fund these pensions.

Unions think they have made sacrifices. Right. Here is an example of how unions have sacrificed.

If a union thinks they need a $2 hour raise, they ask for $4. Then they negotiate, cry and twist - and settle for $3 - and they think this was a sacrifice?

Things to do

We need a balanced budget. Every year.

Shut down Government operations that are duplicate in services and wasteful.

We really only need the department of the Defense, Justice, the Fed, State and VA.

The Department of the Interior, Commerce, Housing, Agriculture, Education, Labor, Energy, and Transportation, all should go. They have nothing to do with government.

If we do not have the money - then you cannot spend the money.

Any bill written cannot be over 200 pages. If a bill needs to be say 400 pages, 200 pages can be voted on, Then the second 200 pages can be voted on.

No one in Congress can vote on a bill unless they have read the bill, and sign a document that they have read the bill.

Revise term limits for members of the House and Senate.

Lay off 5 percent of government workers every year for at least 5 years.

Con Artists Unite

2010-12-13T11:11:00.000-05:00

Here we have it. A former President, Bill Clinton, and the present want to be President Obama.

Mr.Clinton was asked to the White House to conduct a news conference and bless BO tax package.

BO left the conference so he could attend a Christmas party. What a man! What guts. What brains. What an embarrassment.

BO is suppose to be the leader of the free world. NO WAY. He is no leader. Just a cheer leader.

Some people think it was a great thing to have Bill Clinton at the WH. They think this shows a leader, in BO.

Wake up. It shows weakness, A true leader, someone who is strong, does not need a former President to bless his plan.

Oh, by the way, I understand. BO plan to extend the Bush tax cuts is loaded with pork, and the libs are going to screw us all with the estate tax proposal. Just another Obama con job.

This WH has learned nothing from the last election. Just spend, and spend more. Print money and print more.

Rangel asks supporters to call Capitol switchboard

2010-12-01T14:16:00.003-05:00

Its been a rough two years for Charlie. But remember he created the mess.

Rangel is in trouble, the House Ethics committee recommended censure for financial and fund raising violations — the most serious discipline short of expulsion.

Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York is pleading with supporters to call the Capitol switchboard and urge their representatives to oppose a resolution to censure him.

I may call. And ask them to remove you. When they kick you out, take Nancy Pelosi with you.

Haste la vista .............................Charlie baby

Nancy....Nancy....Nancy

2010-11-06T17:36:00.000-04:00

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Nancy Pelosi was Speaker of the House. Until last Tuesday. Now she wants to be the minority leader.

Some ego.

If I was the Soup Nazi, Nancy would get no soup, no soup for you.

Nancy would get NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obama: Stop blaming John Boehner (R-OH)

2010-09-23T06:01:00.000-04:00

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Every chance BO gets he blames someone. He has blamed George Bush many times for the economy. BO says the mess was left to him - it was all Bush's fault.

Now, lately Mr. Obama blames John Boehner (R-OH) U.S. House Minority Leader all the time. One speech BO mentioned John Boehner's name eight times. BO thinks Boehner still wants the tax cuts to go to the rich. Enough already.

Obama went to Marth"s Vineyard for a 10 day vacation. Not one word about the economy.

John Boehner may not be perfect, and BO is not perfect, even though BO thinks BO is perfect. Presidents do not call out people like BO does. No class here, just immaturity, childish rhetoric. It makes Obama feel good when he can criticize someone, put the blame on someone else. He is good at this. Too bad he is not good at being President.

The New White House

2010-08-14T11:18:00.001-04:00

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The new White House. A new mosque.

If its good enough for New York - its good enough for Washington, DC

I can't wait until the Obamas' move in.

Foolish Little Girls

2010-07-30T05:24:00.001-04:00

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Here our President appears on the View. Wow, so exciting. As usual he is doing important work?

He should quit his day job and join these ladies full time. All that talent going to waste.

AMERICA HAS CHANGED - but you need to be old enough to know it.

2010-07-06T15:42:00.000-04:00

I grew up in the 60's and 70's. Not the greatest time , not the worst. We had our share of crap. Vietnam, 4 students killed in Kent Ohio, fires in DC and Philly. 120 cities had riots in 1968. Even so low, they killed our President, JFK. But that was not enough, they killed Martin Luther King and JFK brother, Robert.

The sixties had a lot of racial unrest and other problems. We were not too modern - had no cellphones in those days. And even without cell phones we functioned. But America had a wonderful appeal. Not like today. Today America is roads, interstates, and houses, and places to shop. And we keep building houses. Ask why? Maybe so people can move into to theses homes and then foreclose on them.

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Here is what changed. Government was smaller then. Today government tries to control too much of us. Almost everything we do. We can thank Obama and the Democrats for this. They write laws that are not read, and only serve a few. The government spends too much. Our debt is out of control.

We have new words and phases we did not use in the sixties and seventies. Here are a few.

1. Politically correct.
2. Trillion dollar deficit
3. Never let a good crisis go to waste
4. Jihad and Al-Qaeda
5. Terrorist.
6. TARP- Troubled asset relief program
7. Military rules of engagement.
8. Cell phones

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We have government, banking and corporate greed at unprecedented levels. We have
government, banking and corporate corruption at unprecedented levels.

Today our corporations and banks are demonized by some. Years ago this is where America worked. we love companies and banks, now they are hated.

America changed when we lost manufacturing jobs. This was the beginning of the end. Did you think we could possibly run America on McDonalds, ExxonMobil gas stations and Citi bank??

We need to make stuff. We do not need a another stock brokerage. On line or other wise. If you do not have a job you cannot invest.

All the laws and regulations that Congress has written and passed are not looked at until there is a crisis - like the BP oil spill. Was this an accident caused be Government lack of attention or just corporate greed? Or did the government like its relationship with big oil, especially when big oil gave big campaign pledges to politicians?

Goldman Sachs is accused of fraud by the SEC. Was it legitimate or just plain greed? The banks spend millions of dollars to lobby for what they want. More corruption.

The world has changed too.
Greece is nearly Bankrupt. Certain members of the great European Union are in trouble - PIIGS. Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain.
This is what happens when you spend more than you take in.This where we are headed.

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If America is going to survive, some things must change.

Out debt, what we owe to China, and our deficits must decrease. They simply cannot continue to increase at the present rate.
We cannot continue to give monetary aide to foreign countries. We need to stop buying our friends.
We need a balanced budget, ASAP. Federal and all states.
States can no longer give teachers and union workers lucrative pensions, that have been underfunded and were not contributed to by their union members.
We spend to much on two wars that we cannot win. We need to leave the middle east alone, and get out of there.
Foreign countries are surpassing us in math and science. Foreign countries send more kids to college than we do, and more get technical degrees. More girls go to college than boys.

We all have to ask ourselves, What has happened to our country?

There is Incompetence all around us.

2010-05-31T06:37:00.004-04:00

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Pronunciation: \(ˌ)in-ˈkäm-pə-tənt\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle French incompétent, from in- + compétent competent

Date: 1595

1 : not legally qualified
2 : inadequate to or unsuitable for a particular purpose
3 a : lacking the qualities needed for effective action b : unable to function properly <incompetent heart valves>

— incompetent noun

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Is it just me?

I can see and feel incompetence all around us. Maybe some of the problem is semantics. Maybe not.

BP wants to try to "top kill" to seal the leaking oil well. While Obama and the congress want to "bottom kill" the rest of the country.

I watched officials from Louisiana and parishes near New Orleans complain that nothing is getting done, in regards to the BP oil spill disaster. Their hands are tied. Everyone is lying, The government, BP, Department of the Interior, lawyers. Lies, Lies, Lies. No one is in charge. Not BP, not the Government, not Louisiana , not the Coast Guard, not the parishes, not the fishermen, not the lawyers.

I watched James Carville and his wife Mary Matalin, both from Louisiana, who appear on CNN, complain and showed their frustration as they observed the oil that had reached the shore. Blame BP. Not Obama. These two look at their state everyday. It must be tough to see nothing getting done.

Gov. Bobby Jindal was there also. He was frustrated also.

The officials from Louisiana should have started the oil clear up themselves. Before it ever reached the
freshwater wetlands of Louisiana's southeastern tip. Then they could have given BP the bill for the clean up.But they did nothing - incompetent. They helped ruin their own wet lands. Just like Katrina, Louisiana waited for the federal government and FEMA, to take care of the emergency, but it took too long. And New Orleans was pretty much ruined because nothing was done from the beginning of the storm.

What a pathetic press conference.
The President cares. Sure he does. He gave a press conference today, first press in months, but he cares. He cares about Barbra Boxer too. He claims from day one of the oil spill he was on top of it. Is he in charge? or is BO just a figure head of the government. Does he have any leadership qualities at all? This happened on his watch. I hope he knows that. Of course, Obama will blame George Bush for this entire mess if given the chance.

Look at this President and his WH, all incompetent. Not a leader. Do they really think we will accept all their shenanigans?

Here is an abridged career path of BO. Educated, community organizer, Senator, President. He did well for the first two. Terrible for the last two -incompetent.

Look at the Congress, all incompetent. They held hearings on the spill. They condemned BP officials, criticized their safety record. They want to change the law, make it tough on oil drilling, yes they are real tough. They are tough - after there is an explosion and a fire, people get killed, an oil rig sinks to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico and the biggest oil spill ever occurs. Yes, like Obama they are tough. And they are incompetent.

The main stream media is incompetent too. How about MSNBC Here is the best of the worst. Hardball with Chris Matthews , Ed Shultz, Keith Obermann, Rachel Maddow. Pathetic, disgraceful, common, losers. They do nothing well. They know nothing - except how to bash Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann and all Republicans. They love big government and big spending. They love Obama. Obama can do not wrong - ever.

Incompetence: Last example.

All these busy people - doing nothing, and getting nothing done. But I bet the lawyers are getting things done. Getting ready and filing thousands of law suits and claims. Yes the lawyers are real busy, busy counting the money they will make off of BP.

BP - The Oil Spill Clock is Ticking.

2010-05-12T14:36:00.000-04:00

From Wikipedia:

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred as BP oil spill,^[5] Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and Macondo blowout) is a massive ongoing oil spill and oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico that started on April 20, 2010. The spill followed a blowout that caused an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig, which then sank off the coast of Louisiana.^[2] Eleven rig workers are missing and presumed dead; the explosion also injured 17 others.
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BP has fabricated a containment tank to seal the oil leak in the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. This attempt failed, because of an ice slush formation that disallowed flow to a recovery vessel.

The oil spill is huge, and an explosion that finally sunk the oil rig.

MSN Money has reported: "BP’s current liability for the massive oil spill is capped by law at$75 million. Senator Robert Menendez (a Democrat from New Jersey) hasother ideas, however: He is co-sponsoring a measure that would lift theliability limit to $10 billion -- yes, that’s with a ‘b’ -- and woulddo so retroactively, so it could apply to the April 20 spill."

This was an unprecedented event.

I watched the House and Senate hearings, who questioned BP,
Transocean Ltd, and Halliburton officials. This is a very technical industry, I do think the congress subcommittees is out of the league here. Think about this. If BP does not know what is going on, how can the House or the Senate know anything about what happened.

I do not think BP has a clue how this happened. Whats worst, BP does not seem to have a clue how to stop this spill.

I predict, many people are "out for blood". Including Senators and members of the House. All the coastal states that are affected by this spill will sue. Fishermen, hotel chains, beach communities will sue. There will be a long list. No one will truly win, accept maybe the lawyers.

When can we trust banks? - Goldman Sachs Sued by SEC

2010-04-16T18:53:00.005-04:00

Washington, D.C., April 16, 2010— "The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Goldman, Sachs& Co. and one of its vice presidents for defrauding investors bymisstating and omitting key facts about a financial product tied tosubprime mortgages as the U.S. housing market was beginning to falter.

The SEC alleges that oneof the world's largest hedge funds, Paulson & Co., paid GoldmanSachs to structure a transaction in which Paulson & Co. could takeshort positions against mortgage securities chosen by Paulson & Co.based on a belief that the securities would experience credit events."

See full article at:

http://sec.gov/news/press/2010/2010-59.htm

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Last year at Goldman Sachs the bonus pool on was $16.2 billion. This amounts to anaverage of just under $500,000 per employee.

All that bonus money - Goldman gave its people, should be returned. If the charges by the SEC are true, Goldman did not earn their money honestly. They committed fraud.

They will need that bonus money for their legal problems, and hopefully they will have to pay back people who were cheated.

I think its clear there is too much manipulation, corruption and general screwing around with other peoples' money on Wall Street.

Bernie Maddoff ruined many lives. He went to jail. And his wife and family kept most of their fortune. This was not right. They all should have gone to jail, his wife, his sons, and his brother. They all knew what Bernie was up too, what he was doing. The SEC screwed up too. They failed to act on whistler blowers.

Time will tell if the SEC has a good case against Goldman.

Hedge funds - Selling short - Lack of insider disclosures all wrong. All risky business, huge profits and in the end, many investors get screwed.

Every one is free to make a profit. A big profit. But you have to do it legally. We are living among many, many cheaters. Investing has risks, but the deck is stacked against us. Its unfair, and many cases not legal. These cheats should not just be fined. They should go to jail.

I am a little investor. And I don't have a prayer. The odds are stacked against me and others. If Obama reform increases the tax rate on dividends and capital gains, and I am affected, I will sell my stock, and get into other kind of investments.

I cannot beat them. I cannot join them. So I will leave them.

Bart Stupak - Obama Care Sacrificial Lamb

2010-04-09T13:07:00.000-04:00

Rep. Bart Stupak (D, MI) has announced he will retire at the end of his term.
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"Stupak, who had played a central role in the House's passage ofPresident Obama's healthcare legislation, had demanded antiabortionlanguage in the bill.Instead of that, he won an executive order from the president statingthat nothing in the healthcare bill that Obama signed would override anexisting ban on federal funding for abortions.

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The Democrats needed Stupak's vote to pass the healthcare bill. So he sacrificed his career for the good of the party. How pathetic, how lame. What sad case.

What else did he do? He scarified his religious convictions for the party.

He says its time to leave, to retire, he wants to do new things. Bye, Bye Bart.

Obama the Wonderful has done it again.

2010-04-08T09:18:00.000-04:00

NPR has reported on April 8, 2010.

The U.S. and Russia signed their first strategic arms treaty in nearlytwo decades on Thursday, aiming to draw down their nuclear arsenals byas much as one-third while forging improved relations between theformer Cold War rivals.

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Obama has made another mess.

He thinks he can change the world as he sees it, not as it is. He is living in La La Land. He thinks if we are nice to our enemies, they will be nice to us.

Does he think China will reduce their weapons for us?

This treaty and if passed, will not make the world safer. It will make us weaker.

This President is so naive, so inexperienced, so ill advised, so weak, it is pathetic.

Almost every day he stirs the pot. He just has to mess with somebody or some thing.

Health Care bill is a huge accomplishment for the Democrats - who says?

2010-03-29T11:22:00.002-04:00

The bill, which passed 219 to 212 without a single Republican vote.

Here is what Obama really did.

Dozens and dozens of lies, distortions and half truths.

Dozens of deals.

If this is such a great win for Democrats, why is the President still trying to sell it to the America public?

If the Health Care bill is such a huge accomplishment for the Democrats, why were there so many deals to buy votes?

How can this be called a victory? When the Democrats have had to lie, cheat and make deals to pass this bill. You had to cheat and be corrupt to pass this bill. Shame on the Democrats.

Hurry up November.
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Joe Biden - Full of Class. Dropped the F - bomb.

2010-03-24T14:42:00.002-04:00

Vice President Joe Biden, perhaps overcome with excitement during hisspeech congratulating President Obama on the passage of health carereform, dropped an F-bomb on live television when he turned to Obamaand said, "This is a big fucking deal.

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A lot of news people see nothing wrong with Biden. I DO. Its another example of how Washington behaves, how they are arrogant and they think they are privileged . Crude and common misfits, suppose to be educated and experienced. At nothing.

Crude Barbarian. Hey, Mr. V.P. did you think you were at a football game or in a bar? You disgrace your office, and those around you.

Can you believe this guy. Joe Biden has no class. Try thinking for a change.

You, Mr. Biden, Vice President of the United States, are a horses ass. And you should apologize, for what you said.

Bret Baier Interviews President Obama - 15 minutes and about 15 lies.

2010-03-19T15:12:00.000-04:00

Bret Baier or Fox News, interviews President Obama on March 17,2010.

Follow this link to see the interview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJT6XNChso0

The interview was about 15 minutes

15 Minutes - and about 15 lies.

Democrats to "Deem" Health Care passes without Voting

2010-03-16T15:16:00.000-04:00

Democrats are resorting to their tricks and distortions.

This shows two things: one, they do not have the votes to pass this crap bill and two, the democrats are desperate.

They are as pathetic as Obama's White House.

They may get this bill through - but we'll see who win in the end.

Obama wants Health Care vote by Easter

2010-03-07T17:06:00.000-05:00

Obama wants a health care vote to pass by Easter. And I want a new Corvette. Good luck, sir.

Keep pushing. Push Pelosi. Push her right out the door.

Push Harry Reid too. Right out the door will be very fine.

Keep showing how you cannot govern.

Last May Wanda Sykes said at the White House Correspondentsdinner with a joke about Rush Limbaugh; Sykes said that she hopedLimbaugh’s “kidney’s fail”, in response to the talk show hosts commentsthat he hopes the Obama administration fails.

I hope your Health care bill fails. And does not pass.

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) temporarily steps down from Chairman's seat

2010-03-03T17:29:00.000-05:00

Charlie Rangel (D-NY), under the pressure of the ethics committee, has asked Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi for leave of absence from his post as House Ways & Means Chairman.

He has taxes problems, involving some of his properties, and " possibility for accepting corporate moneyfor trips to Caribbean conferences in violation of House rules."

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I say this. If Rangel is found innocent- he should be reinstated as Chairman.

However, if Rangel is guilty of wrong doing. He should not lose his Chairmanship - He should lose his job and step down and be asked to leave the House.

Harry Reid does it again - Is he brain dead?

2010-02-24T14:26:00.000-05:00

Play the video so you can see for yourself what a fool the Majority Leader really is.

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I did not know Harry Reid was an expert doctor and is concern about unemployed husbands.

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The Fox nation reported:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) suggested Monday that domestic violence by men has increased due to U.S. joblessness.

Reid, speaking in the midst of a Senate debate over whether to pass a$15 billion package meant to spur job creation, appeared to argue thatjoblessness would lead to more domestic violence.

"I met with some people while I was home dealing with domestic abuse.It has gotten out of hand," Reid said on the Senate floor. "Why? Mendon't have jobs."

Reid said that the effects of joblessness on domestic violence wereespecially pronounced among men, because, Reid said, women tend to beless abusive.

"Women don't have jobs either, but women aren’t abusive, most of the time," he said.

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Harry knows the best example of a domestic crisis shelter is the U.S. Senate - He is the
Senate Majority Leader - Not for long I hope.

Can we afford to give ACORN another $ 4 Billion?

2010-02-14T09:12:00.000-05:00

This is old news now, but you should think about this.

Obama and his lobby bobby budget has earmarked $4 billion for his buddies at ACORN. How nice.

Is this how Obama will pay ACORN back for their help in electing him?

My question- can we really afford this kind of spending?

Toyota Motor: No pedals from heaven

2010-02-08T10:29:00.000-05:00

By now you have heard about the gas pedal problem at Toyota.

Big recall. The pedal could stick and get you flying at a high speed real quick. This is not good.

Sounds like an equipment, flaw/defect/design problem.

Was there anything wrong with the old gas pedals, like the one on my 2002 Camry? Why did they change the pedal.

I bet it was an engineer who was brained washed by a parts vendor into buying theses new pedals. Maybe saving Toyota lots of money for a cheaper part.

Nice move. Now Toyota will spend lots of time and money, to fix the problem and keep its drivers from getting killed.

This reminds me how Ford and GM used to operate.

I do not feel sorry for Toyota. Toyota asked for all of this problem.

Why did it take over a year for the President to reach out to the GOP and the Democrates?

2010-02-04T21:55:00.002-05:00

It took about 13 months for the President to try to get on the same page with the GOP and the Democrats.

I think Washington has been asleep. Now its time they woke up.

Did Obama do this because he wanted to, or because he had to? Has he been asleep?

Can they all work together? Can they get anything done?

The Democrats control the Senate and the House. And they have a hard time getting anything done. Why?

Maybe they all realize, that if they continue on the path they were on, this country is doomed for failure.
It may even collapse. The stock market dumped today, the DOW lost 268 points. Its global, its not good.

I am not sure what it will take, but I do not think we can continue with government as it has been. Things have got to change, or this country will fail. Is the world headed for a depression? Are you buying gold?

About, Jobs. I do not see how we can create jobs if there is no work ( to be done ). Caterpillar let many people go a while back. Why? Maybe because no one was buying their equipment - the things they make.

If the government gives an incentive or a credit if you hire people - will people be hired? I say only if you have additional business to support the hiring of more people. Business has to grow before it is justified to hire someone.

Manufacturing:
Where I work, if we hired more people, say two people, these people would not make anything, they would probably clean up the place. And do housekeeping, then when the place is cleaned up, then what? Right now we do not have the business or orders, for these two people to make anything. We are barely hanging on.

Everyone wants more jobs, but what will you do with these people, if there is no work? People cannot be hired and then do nothing. So the economy and business has to grow so new hires will be needed. Thats the hard part.

Here are some of the problems the Senate and the House have to address.
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. National security, two wars. Deficits.
Federal spending. Economy and jobs. Health care. Size of government. All these items are in trouble.

Is it true that some of the money received for social security gets spent somewhere else?

There is a lot at stake here. Lets all hope that the President, the Senate, and the House, can work together and get something done that will help everyone. Not just a few.

Obama Budget - Spends, barrows and steals.

2010-02-01T12:48:00.000-05:00

House Republican Leader John Boehner has reported:

http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=168473

Boehner: “Another Budget That Spends Too Much, Taxes Too Much, and Borrows Too Much”
GOP Leader: “Just three days after talking to House Republicans aboutthe importance of fiscal responsibility, President Obama is submittinganother budget that spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows toomuch.”

Washington, Feb 1 - HouseRepublican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statementcommenting on President Obama’s $3.8 trillion budget proposal forfiscal year 2011:

“Just three days after talking to House Republicans about theimportance of fiscal responsibility, President Obama is submittinganother budget that spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows toomuch.

“Filled with more reckless spending and more unsustainable debt, thePresident’s budget is just more of the same at a time when the Americanpeople are looking for Democrats in Washington to listen and changecourse. Families asking ‘where are the jobs’ deserve better than moregovernment ‘stimulus’ programs and another year of attempting to taxand spend our way to recovery. Under President Obama’s budget, thefederal government will continue to live well beyond its means foryears to come with no relief in sight.

“I’m pleased that the President has spoken out about the need to getour fiscal house in order, and his proposed spending freeze iscertainly a good first step, though it’s already being undercut byWashington Democrats and liberal special interests. Serious fiscalresponsibility requires more than a few cuts here and there at themargins. Republicans have proposed adopting strict budget caps thatlimit federal spending on an annual basis and are enforceable by thePresident. These caps were a critical plank in the budget alternativeRepublicans proposed last year, led by Budget Committee RankingRepublican Paul Ryan, and they are notably absent from the President’sbudget. Without these caps, the federal budget deficit will continue tospiral out of control and this broken status quo will continue.

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Obama is out of his mind. WH Budget Director Peter Orzag has lost his mind too. What a weak, reckless bunch of misfits we have in that WH.

Obama and his corrupt buddies are slowly but surely ruining this country.

He breaks campaign promises everyday. And gets away with it. Damn - that's pathetic.

With this budget he is stealing our future.

Obama: Germane and Genuine?

2010-01-29T18:42:00.000-05:00

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dcnow/2010/01/obama-and-gop-square-off.html

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Obama met with GOP leaders today in Baltimore.

We will spare the details. Follow the link above for more of the story.

Its MOTS - more of the same, different place, different time. I watched some of the show. Lots of I's and me's by the President. He loves a forum - loves the limelight, me, me, me.

I am not buying any of it. This was part of a grand plan to do more (damage control - via Massachusetts and the Scott Brown win.

He needs to learn that a little trust will go a long way. His WH needs to learn this also.

Time will tell if this reach out will work, and have any value.

Obama: State of the Union

2010-01-26T17:09:00.002-05:00

Hang on to your hats.

This address should be very special. Watch him use the words, I and me.

I predict you will hear "new and distorted" numbers and statistics that no one but Obama and his WH knows about.

Lets hope its not as bad as Valerie Jarrettes' thousands of jobs remark. And Robert Gibb's 1.5 jobs created remark. And David Axelrod's 2 million job remark.

Just watch. It will be utterly amazing. Your head will be spinning when Obama starts his spin and is done with the lies. We might not hear "You Lie" - but plenty will be thinking of it.

He is going to make everything look great - and he will diminish the problems as if they did not hardly exist.

He will probably outline his new select government spending freeze. And how he going to help the middle class -
(to hell with everyone else). This will be more of his nonsense.

Keep track of the lies, distortions. You will see lots of smoke and mirrors. He is the master, he will mystify - some, but not all.

Watch for all the phony smiles from his corrupt buddies, like Pelosi, Dood, Reid, and others, you know the list.
This will be fun.

I am planning to watch this spectacle, I only hope I can sleep after he is finished with his speech. I just know I am going to have a headache. So I will just take a few ibuprofen before he starts.

Obama: Worst than Jimmy Carter.

2010-01-21T14:19:00.000-05:00

Another day in paradise.

Obama and his pathetic White House have made more mistakes in one year than Carter made in four years as President. They are hopeless.

This President does not know what he is doing. He makes changes as he goes along. This is what happens when you do not know what you are doing, when you are weak, when you do not have a clue.

He is radioactive, everything he touches turns to crap. So do not go near him.

Sunday he went to Boston, to campaign and ensure a win for Martha Coakley from defeat in a special Senate race for Ted Kennedy's seat. Scott Brown won. Another Obama failure.

Obamacare and health care reform is all but dead. Obama failure again.

Now Obama wants to tax big banks. He wants reforms and legislation so they will never become to big fail.
His proposal would prevent firms with banks from investing in hedge funds, doing proprietary trading.

Another reform would bar large banks from using their own funds to tradefinancial instruments in the hope of making big profits for their ownaccounts. They would also be barred from owning hedge funds orprivate-equity funds.

This will turn out to be another Obama transfer tax. He will take the money from the banks - give it to the Treasury of other unworthy parties, and then the banks will get their money back from us.

So what did he solve? Is this reform going to create more jobs? Or will we lose more jobs?
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http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/01/20/pm-frum-commentary/
Commentator David Frum outlines his viewpoint>

"The president has endorsed a tax on banks by size to collect aprojected $90 billion over the next 10 years. The president argues thatthe tax will help repay taxpayer losses in the TARP bailout program forbanks.

It's a crummy argument. Most of the TARP losses will be racked up notat banks, but at the AIG insurance company and the rescued automakers,GM and Chrysler. No tax for them."
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Here is what Mr. Tough Guy - Obama said............

Obama seemed to welcome the industry’s opposition. “If these folks wanta fight, it’s a fight I’m willing to have,” the president said. He alsocriticized the “soaring profits and obscene bonuses,” at financialfirms that say they are still unable to make loans to Americanbusinesses. He warned the financial industry to “work with us and notagainst us.”

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After Obama made his announcement, surrounded by Paul Volker, et al. He leaves quickly. Never takes questions.

Why? Because he does not want any heat. Its like a drive by shooting. Shoot and run. Say what you have too, then leave quickly. He is so weak.

This president talks about transparency - where is it?

Obama is mad because a lot of what he does fails. Instead of showing a little humility, in light of all the problems this country has, he is going to get tough, wants to play "Hardball".

Well keep it up. And you see how the voters play hardball at the polls. Obama did not learn anything from Massachusetts.

Again, as usual, his initiatives do not solve problems, they create problems, and in the end he makes things worst.

That's what Jimmy Carter use to do. Makes things worst.

That's what Obama does. He makes things worst.

Obama ship is listing, ready to sink

2010-01-20T10:33:00.002-05:00

Last night many witnessed the stunning Scott Brown's victory, beating Attorney General Martha Coakley for the Senate seat held by Ted Kennedy. The defeat of a Massachusetts Democrat, should open Obama's eyes, the White House and the rest of democrats how very badly things can go.

Many have criticized Martha Coakley for being lax and not really trying to win the election, she went on vacation, December 19 to January 6, with no campaigning.

Many think that this election would surely be won by a Democrat, but it did not work this time. This is what happens when you are too sure of yourself, to lazy to fight for all votes and maybe you do not belong in this election race in first place.

On Sunday last. Obama flew to Boston, to campaign for Martha Coakley, as he did in New Jersey to support Jon Corzine for his governor race. It did not work.

Obama mocked Brown and his pick up truck. Obama saying "you might not want to get in that truck with Martha's opponent, it might not take you where you want to go."

This is typical Obama rhetoric. Obama is in trouble now, because many people "do not want to ride with Obama" . They have seen his lies, half truths, distortions, and they are sick of it.

There are some similar issues concerning the politics of Obama and Coakley.

Both were too sure of themselves.
Both were counting on history, rather than reality. Democrats would win this race.
In the beginning, Obama just gave the Senate and House a nibble on heath care, never was clear or had enough transparency. The the Senate bill failed, had to be rewritten, full of deals, bribes and closed door corruption. Obama, Harry Reid and others, just compounded to the problems of a terrible health care bill.

Obama should have seen this coming. But he was like Coakley, she thought a Democrat would surely win the Senate seat held by Kennedy for nearly 47 years. WRONG.

Obama thought because of his charm, rhetoric, and the arrogant Democratic majority, that heath care would surely pass.
Well it might, but not yet.

Obama, his weak White House, and the Democrats have a lot to worry about.

They may get a health care bill for Obama to sign by his state of the nation speech. But they will get little else. They have a lot of damage control work to do.

There will more damage, in the 2010, mid term elections in November.

That's when the ship will really begin to sink for Obama.

President Obama to do a drive by in Massachusetts to save Martha Coakley and shoot the Republicans

2010-01-17T11:46:00.000-05:00

Fox News Reports:

President Obama is headed to Massachusetts Sunday to campaign forDemocrat Martha Coakley, whose race against Republican Scott Brown hasnarrowed to a toss-up as voters zero in on the cost of a massive healthinsurance bill in Congress.
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If some of Obama's campaign speech for Martha Coakley are televised - do yourself a favor.

Count the number times he will tell lies, distort the truth, about Coakley and health care.

Obama - Mr. Tough Guy

2010-01-17T09:30:00.000-05:00

The LA Times has reported.
President Obama, with House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer and SpeakerNancy Pelosi, told the group: "If Republicans want to campaign againstwhat we've done, by standing up for the status quo and for insurancecompanies over American families and businesses, that is a fight I wantto have." (Ron Sachs, Pool Photo / January 14, 2010)
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"Organized labor had bitterly opposed the health care tax, arguing thatunion members had negotiated generous benefits in lieu of pay increases."

So Obama caves in again, like he always does. And his cronies are right beside him in another closed door session of congress.

Read what your president, Mr. Tough Guy has said.

"If Republicans want to campaign againstwhat we've done, by standing up for the status quo and for insurancecompanies over American families and businesses, that is a fight I wantto have."

Wow. The Corrupt Chicago president is alive and well. Now he looking for a fight. You will be looking for the fight of your political career very soon. So keep your game face on.

Very attentive, just like when he was vacationing in Hawaii, and it took him three days to respond to the near-miss attack by the underwear bomber on Flight 253 over Detroit.

We can see how much you are for the people, not all people. Just some people. Like union and labor people, or better - union and labor (VOTES).

Thank you. Mr. President for caring for only some Americans. You are not fooling anyone.

We know you speak out of both sides of your mouth, we are just not sure if its the right side or the left side.

Tomorrow is another day, with another set of lies, distortions, and corruption.

UAW and Unions need to stop the crying and grow up

2010-01-17T09:14:00.000-05:00

Its not my life time goal to bash unions. You are hanging on by a thread and you know it. You use every scheme possible, every bit of political shenanigans possible, to get what you want - and to hell with everyone else.

Every benefit you get has a cost. That cost is passed on to the consumer. You get the benefit. The rest of us gets screwed. Because we have to pay for that cost.

Yes I will agree that unions had a place in manufacturing many years ago. I was a union member too, steel worker. Long time ago.

Yes I will admit unions have helped many people, helped the conditions in the work place.

But in many cases, they hurt many industries, and helped closed many plants. Pittsburgh once had a lot of steel plants.

Bethlehem Steel, PA was a major steel producer. Now the old steel mill is a new casino.

Several years ago, when the UAW were negotiating, and finally settled, here is some of what Ford "gave the membership."
Members with enough time working for Ford were given $2000 a years for college expenses for their kids - very noble. They were given money to purchase computers and internet service. Nice benefit. There were other goodies above and beyond what all the UAW settled for.

Ford Motor Company was so proud that they were able to give their employees such benefits. But this is untrue, it was not Ford or the union that gave these benefits - it was the guy who bought the cars who provided these benefits. No car sales - no benefits. Remember 2007 and 2008 when the auto companies were broke, bankrupt, and busted.

GM build car plants in China. More cars are made there than here. Does that tell you anything? Unions that push too hard, will push the the company to close the doors in America and go overseas.

Certain workers can benefit from labor unions. But everyone cannot be in a union. Its impossible. So the situation is one sided. The current members are the only ones that benefit. Its not balanced.

Car prices rise almost every year. Some of that cost can beassociated with management greed and union demands. Instead of the unions and management working together to keep cost low, they continue a vicious cycle of greed and outlandish union demands.

This cycle never gets broken. So it is destine to fail. And fail it did. The government and taxpayer had to bail out GM and Chrysler. The great companies the the UAW works for.

Lately, unions have cried, and won unfair concessions against the health care provisions involving " Cadillac health care plans." The tax that was to be placed on these plans will not apply to certain labor unions. This is unfair to everyone else.

I think it is ironic that these plans are referred to as "Cadillac Plans". Is it because Cadillac cars were so very expensive, and special, that only the rich could but them? They were not affordable for everyone. Just like these health care plans they reference, they are only for the rich, the elite, the privileged, the Congress. And now Unions.

This is an outrage.

I am as mad as hell - because every benefit a union member gets, I pay for some of that benefit if I buy your product. So do not thank Ford, GM or Chrysler for what you have, thank the guy who bought the car you make.

They work behind closed doors?

2010-01-15T12:40:00.004-05:00

They work behind closed doors.
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Could it be the miliatry?
Could it be the mafia?
Could it be Al-Qaeda?
Could it be Al-Jihad?

It might be kind of a clandestine operation. It might be sinister. It might be something bad.

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Main Entry: clan·des·tine

Pronunciation: \klan-ˈdes-tən also -ˌtīn or -ˌtēn or ˈklan-dəs-\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French clandestin, from Latin clandestinus, from clam secretly; akin to Latin celare to hide — more at hell

Date: circa 1528

: marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious <a clandestine love affair>

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They work behind closed doors, like a clandestine group or government. Who is doing this?

It must be a group of dangerous people. Its must be criminals or maybe terrorists. Are they making secrets?

ITS YOUR GOVERNMENT - dangerous and hard at work on the health care bill. Hiding from view. Hiding from you

Not on C-Span like we were promised.

Like children whispering.

Talking behind your back.

Talking behind closed doors.\

When they finally show their faces, remember those faces, and vote them out.

Obama gives his union buddies a break and punishes the banks

2010-01-14T22:14:00.004-05:00

The Wall Street Journal has reported:
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The head of the largest group of U.S. laborunions urged congressional lawmakers to support an excise tax on therich to pay for sweeping health-care legislation, saying that a tax ongenerous health-care plans would "drive a wedge between the middleclass and the poor."

Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, said in a speech Mondaythat lawmakers should implement the proposed payment method outlined inthe House version of the health-care bill, rather than that in theSenate version that would tax so-called "cadillac" health-careinsurance plans.
"The tax on benefits in the Senate bill pits working Americans whoneed health care for their families against working Americansstruggling to keep health care for their families," he said. "This is apolicy designed to benefit elites."
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By Martin Vaughan and Patrick Yoest
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Union leaders hailed an agreement with the WhiteHouse on Thursday on changes to health-care legislation that they said willlessen the impact on union members and older workers of a tax on pricey healthinsurance plans.
Union plans negotiated under collective bargaining agreements and state andlocal employee plans would be exempt from that tax until 2018, the unionofficials said on a conference call with reporters.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/obama-seeks-payback-with-special-wall-street-tax/article1431595/

Barrie McKenna

Washington — Globe and Mail Update

‘We want our money back, and we're going to get it,' U.S. Presidentvows, as he unveils details of tax on the country's largest banksThe $90-billion (U.S.) tax – to be levied on about 50 companies for upto a dozen years – makes for good politics. As Mr. Obama pointed out,Americans are angry and hurting because of the recession – a recessionbanks helped trigger with their “reckless risks in pursuit ofshort-term profits and soaring bonuses.”

“Using tax policy to punish people is a bad idea,” JPMorgan Chase &Co. CEO James Dimon told reporters after a hearing in Washington. Mr.Dimon said it would be unfair for banks to be left shouldering the costof the auto bailout.

And other companies that haven't, including General Motors Co. andChrysler, won't have to pay at all. Others, such asgovernment-controlled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, aren't in good enoughfinancial shape to pay, according to administration officials.
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Help the unions - punish the banks.

Another Obama special interest buy out.

Why should union members get a break? Are they the only workers in America.

The management and auto workers had a lot to do with the failure of GM and Chrysler. So now we will reward failure. Just like affirmative action. How pathetic. This is wrong. Typical Obama and democrats politics.

What about the rest of us? We do not count. Only union votes count.

Everything Obama does is political - he does not care about all Americans.

I need a new car. My car has 130,000 miles, is 8 years old, it's Camry. I am very interested in the Chevy Malibu.
But after this news, I will not be buying a Malibu. I am mad as hell.

I do not think the auto workers need me to buy one of their cars. They are getting a break on heath care so they will have extra money.

Maybe I will not buy anything from a union shop.

Maybe I should ask Richard Trumka what I should do. What car should I buy? A Camry, a Honda, or a Malibu?

I use to like Baseball - now I hate it.

2010-01-12T21:41:00.006-05:00

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USA today has reported-
Mark McGwirefinally admitted Monday what he couldn't tell a Congressional committeenearly five years ago: His home-run hitting exploits, including hisstirring 1998 run to the single-season record, were fueled in part bysteroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.

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Its not the game - its the games the players play.

So insure and perform- they cheat. So afraid they will be replaced, they take drugs so they can perform and stay ahead of the curve. Terrified they will lose money, fans, and life style. They cheat.

We must have rules and laws. If we don't then we have chaos.The sport becomes artificial, not real.

Here is the outrage. Professional and some amateur athletes feel its ok to take performance-enhancing drugs. They feel everyone does it. Why should I be different? Even the fan say its ok. Well its not ok. No Way!

You are professional- you are a role model. If you have the guts to be one. You were hired to do a job, but to do that job you have to cheat.

Professional athletes should be strong, unflappable, tough. But many are not. Just weak, privileged celebrities.

I use to like baseball - now I hate it.

Harry Reid: How many times can you be sorry?

2010-01-10T18:36:00.000-05:00

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says his description of Barack Obamaduring the 2008 presidential bid as "light skinned" and "with no Negrodialect" was "a poor choice of words."

A new book about the campaign, "Game Change," byTime magazine reporter Mark Halperin and New York magazine writer JohnHeileman, said Reid, in private conservations, described Obama as"light-skinned" and with "no Negro dialect."

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized toPresident Barack Obama on Saturday for comments he made during the 2008presidential campaign that critics find racially offensive.
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Harry Reid is stupid. And he should apologize to the American people for being so stupid. Harry YOU ARE PATHETIC. You are not worthy to be the Senate Majority Leader.

You apologized , now do the right thing and leave.

Please. Go back to Nevada ASAP.

Mayo Clinic in Arizona refuses to accept certain Medicare patients

2010-01-04T12:53:00.000-05:00

From Bloomberg.com.

The Mayo Clinic, praised byPresident Barack Obama as a national model for efficient healthcare, will stop accepting Medicare patients as of tomorrow atone of its primary-care clinics in Arizona, saying the U.S.government pays too little.

The Mayo organization had 3,700 staff physicians and scientists andtreated 526,000 patients in 2008. It lost $840 million last year onMedicare, the government’s health program for the disabled and those 65and older, Mayo spokeswoman Lynn Closway said.Mayo’s hospital and four clinics in Arizona, including the Glendalefacility, lost $120 million on Medicare patients last year, Yardleysaid. The program’s payments cover about 50 percent of the cost oftreating elderly primary-care patients at the Glendale clinic, he said.
“We firmly believe that Medicareneeds to be reformed,” Yardley said in a Dec. 23 e-mail. “It has beentrue for many years that Medicare payments no longer reflect theincreasing cost of providing services for patients.”
Mayo will assess the financial effect of the decision in Glendale todrop Medicare patients “to see if it could have implications beyondArizona,” he said.

Nationwide, doctors made about 20 percent less for treating Medicarepatients than they did caring for privately insured patients in 2007, apayment gap that has remained stable during the last decade, accordingto a March reportby the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, a panel that advisesCongress on Medicare issues. Congress last week postponed for twomonths a 21.5 percent cut in Medicare reimbursements for doctors.
Read the whole article here.The policy change only affects the Mayo clinic in Arizona, for now.Keep in mind, the decision to deny new Medicare patients comes beforepassage of Democrat plans to cut around $500 billion from Medicare.

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I have warned, with the new health care reform bill we will pay more and get less. This is a outrage.

The health care bill will not help all seniors.

But if you live in the states that got bribed by Harry Reid, such as Louisiana, Florida,Connecticut, Nebraska and a few others, then you might be ok.

The health care reform bill has passed the Senate, but not the House yet. And there are problems already.

More doctors and hospitals will probably refuse to accept and see Medicare patients, because they feel Medicare does not pay them enough.

Just like medical pre-conditions were treated in the bill, the bill should have demanded, that people on Medicare cannot be refused. care and treatment.

This bill will allow the treatment for illegal immigrants, but it won't help its own senior citizens, or help you fully, if you are on Medicare.

Shame on the Senate. You get to keep your Cadillac insurance policy from the government group plan. We have to settle for what is left. We always get the leftover. Just like surfs.

What an outrage, what hypocrisy. Many of these Senators do not care about the people who got them elected. So now many of the people who voted for these Senators, will not care about them.

Obama still thinks he can get the world to like us

2009-12-31T14:31:00.009-05:00

There are about 195 countries in the world, depending how you count and recognize them. All of them do not like us. Only some. Obama thinks if we are nice - then these countries will be nice to us - Sure they will. No way. Treating terrorists killers like criminals is a mistake. They are war criminals. Obama and Eric Holder think its ok to treat them like criminals. Give these killers all the rights that American citizens are afforded. A mistake. They are given legal aid, then they stop talking, and we get no information. Why is this so hard for Obama to get this? He is a lawyer, well he has JD.We are at war. Not with a country, but rather with a group(s). Treat them as war criminals. We need to stop the political correctness that has terribly handicapped America. Because of political correctness we are seen as being weak. Our place in the world has eroded, decayed to a sad state. This is a gross embarrassment for our country, our leader, and the American people.This was not solely caused by Obama, but he has exacerbated the situation. He is seen as weak, he did this to himself, it is his fault, he is the country's apologist. Can he possibly blame George Bush for all of his weakness? All his lack of attention to duty? Four years will go by and BO will still be blaming Bush.

Ask yourself. Why are the terrorists attacking us lately? Because part of their systems include testing a plot. But the terrorist are really testing Obama. The terrorists learn from their mistakes and blunders. Then they make corrections. They are very patient. Next time we might not be so lucky. We were lucky this time. There will be a next time.

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Trouble in Iran........................Again

2009-12-29T13:38:00.000-05:00

Looks like Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has done it again. Why does he get so many people upset?
Maybe its because he is the tough guy in the region. Don't worry Obama will fix all of this. After all, he is such a strong president with wonderful ideas. It only took him three days to responded to the terrorist attack on Flight 253. He was totally busy - on vacation having fun in Hawaii. It took Janet Ann Napolitano, U.S. Sec. of Homeland Security, two tries to get her story right on the Sunday news shows. What a nice, caring, not strong, white house and administration, we have. We are so unlucky.

The Democratic Senate are so proud they passed the health care reform bill

2009-12-24T18:05:00.000-05:00

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (C) speaks amidst (L-R), Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Reid, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) after the US Senate passed the national health care legislation bill by a 60-39._______________________________________________________________________________________

These are five of sixty that passed this bill. They are so proud - because they passed "something." They are proud because they think they have done something great - and they believe this bill is "good for America."We shall see. Here are some of the results of their lies - distortions- illusions - half truths, and just general BS.
1. With this bill - you will pay more, and get less.

2. Pre-existing conditions will be covered - but will cost 60-80% more than the premiums of a healthy person.

3. If you live in Florida you can keep your Medicare Advantage plan, if you live in another state-you cannot, tough luck. A bribe for Sen. Bill Nelson. They needed his vote.

4. Louisiana gets a break with their Medicaid program, $300 million - a bribe for Sen. Mary Landrieu.

5. Chris Dodd, gets $100 mil for a hospital in his state of Connecticut. Is your state getting money for a hospital?

6. Ben Nelson’s Cornhusker Kickback will cost $100 million for Nebraska.

7. $300 million California doctor payments.

8.Bernie Sanders from Vermont will get socialized medicine satellite clinics, $10 Billion, two clinics in Vermont.

9. New York and Pennsylvania will get Medicare Advantage help too.

10. $300 million California doctor payments.

11. Vermont and Massachusetts will get help with Medicaid expansion costs

There are more goodies, for votes in this bill. No one knows all of them - how many are hidden in the bill? Harry Reid knows.

Come On Virginia - Change that law

2009-12-21T08:17:00.000-05:00

Fil·i·cide
n.[L. filius son, filia daughter + caedere to kill.]
The act of murdering a son or a daughter; also, parent who commits such a murder.

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This story is a total outrage. Where is the logic in this law?

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Hot Air has reported:

"A woman in Campbell County, Virginia smothered her newborn infant, and police are powerless to do anything about it:
Investigators tell WSLS the baby’s airway was still blocked. They saythe baby was under bedding and had been suffocated by her mother.Investigators say because the mother and baby were still connected bythe umbilical cord and placenta, state law does not consider the babyto be a separate life. Therefore, the mother cannot be charged."

“In the state of Virginia as long as the umbilical cord is attached andthe placenta is still in the mother, if the baby comes out alive themother can do whatever she wants to with that baby to kill it.“, saysInvestigator Tracy Emerson. “She could shoot the baby, stab the baby.As long as it’s still attached to her in some form by umbilical cord orsomething it’s no crime in the state of Virginia.“

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If she is allowed to smother her new born - she is nothing more than an animal. Snakes and replies take better care of their off spring.

Where is the respect for life?

For the love of God, change this law.

Heath Care Dummies

2009-12-17T12:34:00.005-05:00

Look at all these YO-YO's. Not one of them, know what they are doing.

These people have made a fine mess for all of us. There are others. But I did not want to cause any ill health effects with readers. So I just included a few. Get the Rolaids ready.

Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) Out of touch.

Sen.Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) Get real Joe.

President Obama and Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT). Health care buddies.

Sen. Charles Shumer (D-NY) Loves to fly, won't hang up cell phone, calls hostess - "a bitch"What a man, or a mouse or a louse.

Brain dead.Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA). Nice man, but still out of touch.

Hold me tight- and never let go.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (R) hugs Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) They are gay.

Very dangerous combination here.Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD)

Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV). He is a Rockerfeller so he knows what the average American needs.

Filmmaker Michael Moore. He loves capitalism.
He would move, but he would miss Michigan, GM and pizza too much.

This is What Total Incompetence Looks Like

2009-12-14T10:59:00.002-05:00

Here are some of the stars of MSNBC. Some are the stars of incompetence.
They are about as interesting as watching a toilet flush - same as their ratings, in the toilet.
I watch FOX everyday. I watch MSNBC about a half hour a week, just to make sure they have not improved. They never let me down.

The four on the right in the picture, Ed (Mr. Ed) Shultz, Chris (Hard Head) Matthews, Kieth ( Mental Case) Obermann, Rachel (La La ) Maddow are the worst of the bunch.

Many have said Fox News is an arm of the Republicans, this is bull. Fox just reports all the stupidity of the Democrats and liberals.

It is MSNBC and CNN that are the arms of Democratic party. They hate conservative views and policies, they love big government, all they do is criticize Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and all republicans. They do not report the truth, they report lies, half truths, and distortions.

If you watch Ed Shultz, Chris Matthews, Kieth Obermann, and Rachel Maddow you will see how they support BO and his pathetic white house. Never a negative word for Obama from this group.

Watch them if you must, but be close to a bathroom, because this group will make you sick.

Tiger Woods - Fooled Around and Fell In Love

2009-12-06T13:58:00.000-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxsZKvZjEvs

An Elvin Bishop song dedicated to Tiger Woods in celebration of his transgressions. Something you do when you cheat. He loved them all (in bed).

“I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart.”

n.

A violation of a law, command, or duty: "The same transgressions should be visited with equal severity on both man and woman" (Elizabeth Cady Stanton). See synonyms at breach.
The exceeding of due bounds or limits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxsZKvZjEvs

I must have been through about a million girls
I'd love 'em then I'd leave 'em alone
I didn't care how much they cried, no sir
Their tears left me cold as a stone
But then I fooled around and fell in love
I fooled around and fell in love, yes I did
I fooled around and fell in love, I fooled around and fell in love
It used to be when I'd see a girl that I liked
I'd get out my book and write down her name
But when the grass got a little greener over on the other side
I'd just tear out that page
I fooled around and fell in love
I fooled around and fell in love, since I met you baby
I fooled around and fell in love, I fooled around and fell in love
Free, on my own is the way I used to be
Ah, but since I met you baby, love's got a hold on me
It's got a hold on me now, I can't let go of you baby
I fooled around and fell in love
I fooled around and fell in love, oh yes I did
I fooled around, fooled around, fooled around, fooled around,
fooled around, fooled around, fell in love
Fooled around, fooled around, fooled around, fooled around,
fooled around, fooled around, fell in love
I fooled around, fell in love
I fell in love, I fell in love, yes I did

Tiger Woods: Feeling Trapped?

2009-12-02T11:08:00.006-05:00

Poor Tiger. Hellva golfer. The best. The best ever. Too bad with all that talent he forgot he was married. A husband and a father. A Cheat. No pass for you Tiger. You should have known better. Many of your fans will be disappointed in you. Oh well, poor Tiger made a terrible bogey.

Dr. Laura will say you cheated and your wife must share some of the blame. This is bull. Dr. Laura will have us believe, Tiger's wife could not manage to give you what you needed? I won't buy this. Her logic is all wet.

So Tiger, you are in the wonderful group of the greatest golfers of all time - Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus, to name a few.
And now, you are in another group, this group includes hundreds who have cheated:the rich and famous like you. New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, David Letterman, and Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.).

Tiger Woods is the best golfer ever. Many people think Tiger Woods was perfect, almost too good to be true. But this indiscretion shows he is human. I hope his wife can forgive him, but I am not sure she can.

What is so frustrating about Tiger Woods: people are in awe of his extraordinary athletic abilities. He has set so many records. And his followers and fans have given him much respect and admiration. He has had a impeccable career, he seems flawless. Now spoiled by a transgression.

It can be said that what Tiger Woods did was serious, but after all he did not kill anyone - but he did break a heart(s)

Money for Nothing - Rockers, Politicians and Lobbyists

2009-11-25T14:20:00.005-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMkmHmcPLc8

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Mark Knopfler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMkmHmcPLc8

I was driving home and listening to C-Span and they were talking about heath care and reform. Also discussed was the Medicare Part D, prescription drug plans. I am in that plan and medicare also. Callers talked about the pros and cons of these plans. Politicians and lobbyists were mentioned. And how much these leeches earn. Also discussed in another segment was how politicians take our money and give it to their buddies, like how Harry Reid gave Mary Landrieu $300 million.
And for some reason I thought about Dire Straits and their hit Money for Nothing.
Please read the lyrics and you will see how the words can be applied to our friends in Washington, politicians and lobbyists et al. I made bold the words that add clarity to my analogy.

Below are the lyrics of Money for Nothing - I took out the verses that repeat.

Now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the M.T.V.
That ain't working, that's the way you do it
Money for nothing and your chicks for free

Now that ain't working, that's the way you do it
Let me tell you them guys ain't dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Baby get a blister on your thumb

We got to install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We got to move these refrigerators
We got to move these colour T.V.'s

The little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy, that's his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot he's a millionaire

Look at that, look at that
I should have learned to play the guitar
I should have learned to play them drums
Look at that mama, she got it sticking in the camera
Man we can have some
And he's up there, what's that? Hawaiian noises?
Banging on the bongos like a chimpanzee
Oh, that ain't working, that's the way you do it
Get your money for nothing get your chicks for free

Listen here
Now that ain't working, that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the M.T.V.
That ain't working, that's the way you do it
Money for nothing and your chicks for free
Money for nothing and chicks for free

Get your money for nothing, get your chicks for free
Money for nothing, chicks for free
Look at that, look at that
Get your money for nothing, get your chicks for free (I want my, I want my, I want my M.T.V.)
Money for nothing and chicks for free
Easy, easy

That ain't working !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New War Tax for the Wealthy and Probably the Rest of Us

2009-11-24T16:19:00.004-05:00

"Rep. David Obey, a Wisconsin Democrat and the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, is the latest lawmaker to call for a new tax aimed at the rich to pay for a troop increase in Afghanistan."

The additional tax would apply to those making more than $200,000 or $250,000. But don't hold your breath, we all will be next. More taxes, are coming. And this weak administration, continues to blame Bush.

White House Budget Director Peter Orszag has estimated thateach additional soldier in Afghanistan could cost $1 million,for a total that could reach $40 billion if 40,000 more troopsare added.
This cannot be right, just more legal stealing by the government. Trying to get money they do not deserve.

If you have a job, just send in your pay check to the IRS, they get most of it already. Then give away what you own, and go on welfare. You'll get free heath care, now, not in 2012. Free food stamps. Free clothes for kids, and maybe day care. Maybe Federal subsidized apartment payments. You may qualify for your local utility to pay for some of your electricity and heat. Contact ACORN, they know more tricks than I do.

Obama and the Congress can cut spending, but no, they want to tax the rich. I guess its easier for them.

But there will be a price to pay. This move could cost Obama his next election.

Washington officials do not always pay their taxes.

But they have the gall to ask us to pay an additional tax. What an outrage.

Almost Tax Time Again

2009-11-22T18:58:00.002-05:00

Its almost tax time again. Wonder how many in Washington will have problems again?

A Few Recent Elected and Nearly Appointed Officials Who Have Had Tax Problems:
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Timothy Geithner
Tom Daschle
Kathleen Sebelius
Charlie Rangel
Nancy Killefer
Lael Brainard
Pete Stark
Ron Kirk

Obama: People Could Lose Confidence and Lead to a Double-dip Recession

2009-11-20T18:22:00.000-05:00

While President Obama was in China he made these points:

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In an interview with Fox News:
"The United States' climbing national debt could drag the country into a"double-dip recession," President Obama warned in an interview with FoxNews Wednesday from China, though he said he's still consideringadditional tax incentives for businesses to reverse the risingunemployment rate. "

"I think it is important, though, to recognize if we keep on adding tothe debt, even in the midst of this recovery, that at some point,people could lose confidence in the U.S. economy in a way that couldactually lead to a double-dip recession."

"people could lose confidence"?

People have lost confidence in YOU and your administration, and your White House has not helped.

Now you are worried about confidence. Your initiatives are all expensive. You said Health Care reform must be deficit neutral. Is it? Another Obama mess.
And there is the Obama administration’s phony stimulus claims. The Washington Examiner has set up an interactive mapthat documents instances of government exaggeration-- or lies --overhow many jobs were “created or saved” by the $787 billion stimuluspackage.

There is no excuse for this nonsense. Obama is surrounded by economists and experts. VP Biden has his own economist. Just can't get the numbers right. They are only good at excuses.

Your campaign promises are off base too. Too much smoke and mirrors. Distortions.

I posted a while back and told you then that you are not in Chicago. You are in DC, and many are watching, watching you all the time. Non stop watching. You may be the President, but there are people out there that are going to make you "pay" politically for every mistake you make. And you make them everyday.

Why Are So Many Small Kids Murdered? American Genocide

2009-11-16T18:06:00.004-05:00

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20091116/NEWS03/91116012/1263/RSS

From the www. clarionledger. com

SANFORD, N.C. — "Authorities in North Carolina say they have found the body of a 5-year-old girl who disappeared a week ago.

Searchers found the body of Shaniya Davis off a road southeast of Sanford in the central part of the state.

Two people have been charged in Shaniya's disappearance, including her25-year-old mother, Antoinette Davis. Police have charged Davis withhuman trafficking and felony child abuse, saying Shaniya was offeredfor prostitution. Davis is due in court Monday afternoon.Authorities have also charged 29-year old Mario Andrette McNeill, whowas seen in surveillance footage carrying Shaniya at a Sanford hotel.
Shaniya's mother reported her missing last Tuesday."

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Please look at this beautiful child. She is gone now. A little life taken away, taken from us. That should not happen but it does all too often. She will not grow up and have a life. Her life has been taken. She is gone now.
She will not laugh anymore. Or cry anymore. No more play time. She is gone now.

This hurts to write about this child, who just had a start on life, and then her life was ended. I do not understand why small kids are killed and abused so terribly. Just makes no sense.

Still think the death penalty for murder is not right? I hope justice comes quickly for this little girl.

Washington Post's Dana Priest thinks Nidal Malik Hasan was not Crazy, maybe Odd?

2009-11-16T12:20:00.000-05:00

RED FLAGS - NO ONE NOTICED - NO ONE CARED

Follow the link below to watch this sickening commentary.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5658341n&tag=contentMain;contentBody

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On Sunday, Face the Nation: Bob Schieffer spoke with Washington Post's Dana Priest.
about Roundtable On Afghanistan, Ft. Hood.

This was a truly pathetic interview.
She gave Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan literally dozens of passes. Pass after pass after pass. This was sickening.
She painted a very sweet picture of this terrorist.

Ms. Priest said he was a medical doctor and did not have the same treats as a infantry soldier.
She said Hasan was intelligent and soft spoken, who had no indication of violence.
The red lights (flags) came after the fact.
She said Hasan had a fascination with Muslims who had religious conflicts and was trying to figure out what to do with these people, perhaps they should be classified as conscientious objectors.

While Hasan was at Walter Reed-
Priest made a reference to doctors who worked with Hasan. "I don't think they (the doctors) thought he was crazy - maybe very odd." ODD? Your shoot and kill 13 + 1 baby its moms womb, you wound 31 some people, and you call this ODD?

ODD ?

Dana Priest you are Odd. And you should be ashamed, not once did you mention the fallen victims of this horrific crime, an act of a terrorist.

We Need A Better Count of Fort Hood Fallen Heroes

2009-11-12T13:23:00.018-05:00

The news has reported the number of killed heroes at Fort Hood is 13. Its should be 14.
Special thanks to Michelle Malkin for bringing this info to our attention.
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"Francheska Velez was a 21-year-old woman, shot to death by MajorNidal Hssan at Fort Hood Army Base. Thirteen others were slain also.

Nine weeks into her pregnancy, Army Private Velez had just calledher cousin in Chicago on Thursday to say how excited she was about thechild growing inside her. By night, she and her child were both dead,bringing the death toll at Fort Hood to 14 total. Not 13."

by DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS, Deputy Managing Editor, Columnist in Education, Health, Media, Politics, Religion, Science & Technology, Society, War.
Nov 10th, 2009 |

There are people who think the unborn child should not be counted. Youare entitled to you opinion. But I say you are cold and wrong. That'smy opinion.

Soccer Bully Needs to be Banded from Soccer

2009-11-11T06:52:00.000-05:00

BYU vs. New Mexico Womens Soccer Game

Elizabeth Lambert has been suspended for her actions during a game with BYU, now she should be banned from all Soccer.
Her action were close to criminal and she should be arrested for abuse and battery. What a role model - PATHETHIC.

She need a complete mental evaluation. And some anger management classes.

Where were the refs??????

GO TO THIS LINK and watch this piece of work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvEobeNfGcc&feature=player_embedded

Dodd Would Create 3 New Agencies

2009-11-10T14:13:00.002-05:00

Chris Dodd, Senate Committee Chaiman on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

Sen. Chris Dodd wants to enact far-reaching Senate proposal tooverhaul the financial system that would create three new agencies. This move would eliminate existing ones, to monitor risky bank practices and protectconsumers. Where is the money coming from Mr. Dodd?

"This is not a time for timidity in this area. This isa time for some sweeping and bold changes," Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.,said Tuesday. "It's been a long time coming."

Dodd says "This isa time for some sweeping and bold changes."

I have some sweeping and bold changes-

Lets start by having Connecticut vote Chris Dodd out of office.
Then have California vote Nancy Pelosi out.
Then Nevada can vote out Harry Reid.
Then Maryland can say bye to Steny Hoyer.
Massachusetts can get rid of Barney Frank.

This will be a good start. If we can do this, the bulk of the trouble will be gone and the air will be a little fresher in DC.

Millions in Stimulus Funds to Aid Foreign Companies

2009-11-09T12:07:00.032-05:00

Senator Charles Schumer

_______________________________________________________________________ FOXNews.com - November 09, 2009Senator Charles Schumer, New York, Democrate, wrote a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu urging him to deny stimulus funding to a Texas wind farm that would rely on wind turbines made in China.Its been reported that $849 million in U.S. grants have gone to foreign wind turbine companies in the past two months alone. The $1.5 billion project would create up to 3,000 jobs in China but according to one report only 330 jobs in the United States, most of which would be temporary. ________________________________________________________________________________
There are American companies that make turbines,
General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) are two.

Why would our stimulus money be used to fund foreign companies? All stimulus money should be used for American enterprises and projects, and American jobs.
What is happening to our country?

Fort Hood - Another American Tragedy

2009-11-08T09:22:00.002-05:00

Things like mass shootings are not suppose to happen in America at an Army base. But they do.
Toall that lost their lives and were injured, we are very sorry. To thefamilies and friends of these brave Americans we are sorry, and pleasebe strong during this very difficult time. God Bless you all.
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From FOX News Friday, November 06, 2009

"An Army psychiatrist who reportedly feared an impending war deployment is in custody as the sole suspect in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas that left 12 dead and 31 wounded, an Army official said Thursday night."
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Major Malik Nadal Hasan, from Virginia, has been identified as the primary shooter.
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From the Telegraph in the UK--

Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by a radical imam said to be a "spiritual adviser" to three of the hijackers who attacked America on Sept 11, 2001.

Follow this link for details.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6521758/Fort-Hood-shooting-Texas-army-killer-linked-to-September-11-terrorists.html
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This doctor needed a doctor.
Seems like a lot was know about this guy, except by the Army.

Congressional Budget Office Heath Care Bill = $1.2 trillion or more over a decade

2009-11-03T12:42:00.002-05:00

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has referred repeatedly to the bill’s netcost of $894 billion over a decade for coverage. Republicans put thecost of the bill at nearly $1.3 trillion.

“Our goal is to make it as difficult as possible for’’ Democrats topass it, House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio said at a newsconference. “We believe it is the wrong prescription.’’
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They just cannot get it right.
Obama says one thing, Pelosi says something else. This is all bull crap. Shape up Washington, this bill is too big for you, you have proved you cannot handle it all. YOU have made another MESS.

You are showing America, every day - you do not know what you are doing. Business as usual.

You will not learn, so some of you will be asked to leave, when you run for office again.
Santa Claus is coming to town - he is making a list and checking it twice.

Rush Limbaugh Rushes to Judgement

2009-11-02T14:22:00.001-05:00

Rush Limbaugh

On Sunday, Chris Wallace from Fox News interviewed talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh was very critical of the President.
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Highlights of the interview included:
Rush said Obama was immature, inexperienced and was in over his head.
He said Obama’s swift rise to the White House after “a five-minute career” makes him a “man-child president.”
I think he’s got an out-of-this-world ego. He’s very narcissistic.
Limbaugh belittled Obama’s surprise, middle-of-the-night trip last weekto Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to observe the return of 18flag-covered cases holding the remains of Americans killed inAfghanistan. “It was a photo op” designed to “create the impressionthat he has all of this great concern,” he contended.
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David Axelrod, said in response Limbaugh's comments. “I think it’s a surreal day when you’re getting lectures on humilityfrom Rush Limbaugh. ... The fact is that he is an entertainer. Thepresident has to run the country,” Axelrod said. “We walked into adifficult situation. I think [Obama’s] handling it very, very well. Andmost people believe that,” he added.
“There’s no surprise that Rush Limbaugh espouses the views that heespouses. ... He’s marketing the outrageous. But as I said, he’s anentertainer. We’ve got bigger responsibilities.”
_________________________________________________________________________________ "The President has to run the country." Boy you would never know it.

"We’ve got bigger responsibilities." Like Obama going to New Jersey to support Jon Corzine for the Governor race.

Why didn't David Axelrod say of Limbaughs' comment, "you lie" ? Because Alexrod couldn't. The truth hurts, but that's the way it is.

Here is some advise for this pathetic White House - Pick your fights wisely.

The Affordable Health Care for America Act - Bigger is Not Better

2009-10-29T20:16:00.000-04:00

The Affordable Health Care for America Act.The House health care bill has 1,990 pages and about 400,000 words.

Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the House's version of a health care reform bill will include a government-run insurance option. Also wiill extend coverage to 36 million uninsured Americans. She said the bill will lower patient costs and reduce the national deficit.
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1900 pages? This is ridiculous. Its outrageous. Its silly. And all that participated in this bill should be ashamed. Why?

Who has or will read this bill? No one, except the staffers that wrote it. Is this the way the House earn their salary? Is this what we pay for? This is not a joke, no, its beyond a joke.

These are elected officials who have let us down again. Many of these "law makers" do not deserve our vote- VOTE THEM OUT- ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Florida Rep. Alan Grayson - Out of Contol

2009-10-27T12:06:00.004-04:00

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FOXNews.com
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Florida Rep. Alan Grayson reportedly called Bernanke adviser Linda Robertson a "K Street whore" during a radio interview that aired last month.

A Democratic aide of Grayson's later defended his statement, telling the newspaper, "The Congressman’s choice of the words referred to her career as a lobbyist and her history of promoting whomever and whatever pays."
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Alan Grayson has some bad habits, like his outspoken nonsense and rants.
What would be interesting, is finding out what he does for Florida. Does he do anything?
What is amazing, is that he could get elected. Amazing.

Islamic Genocide of MUSLIM on MUSLIM killings

2009-10-25T07:53:00.030-04:00

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Sunday 10/25/2009
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi police said 147 people were killed and 540 wounded in twin car bombings that appeared to target government buildings in downtown Baghdad during rush hour.
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This is another horrible mass murder caused by terrorists. They kill innocent people every day. I do not think we are winning anything over there. Its just getting worst, not any better.

We should leave, and let them run their own country. Iraq is pathetic. The whole region is pathetic. They are beyond reason, and help. Its a jihad. Its in their minds, and their whole fabric. It gives their entire being its meaning.

They are operating in the 7th century. They kill. They cut off your hands, or your head. They beat women and their animals are treated better than women.

We can only win if we become terrorists. And will not do that. Our rules of engagement cannot beat this enemy. We need to shoot and kill anything that moves. And will not do that. This is what the terrorist does, this is what they want, this what they understand, this is why they win. So we should leave. Do we stay because we want to help, or because they have oil?

There is no diplomacy with these terrorists, they do not understand this idea, it is a waste of time. You can only help people that want to be helped.

These terrorists hate us and the west. They do not want a democracy. There is no separation of state and religion there, like we are use to. That is a western idea. In Iraq religion is the state.

According to PressTV "Iraq's government says more than 85,000 people have died from 2004 to 2008 in violence-related incidents, following the US invasion of the country."

So, who is winning?

Makes Perfect $ense

2009-10-24T04:29:00.029-04:00

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

October 21, 2009
BY ANDREW FRYE

Billionaire Warren Buffett, who collects a $100,000-a-year salary for running Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said Wall Street pay needs a "downside" when profits deteriorate because of reckless bets.

"You have to put in something where there is downside to people who really mess up large institutions," Buffett said in an interview conducted by Business Wire, the Berkshire subsidiary that posts corporate press releases. "Too many people have walked away from the troubles they have created for society, not just for their own institution, and they have walked away rich."

"What you have to change in Wall Street, is you have to make sure that in addition to carrots, there are sticks," he said. "And it can't be a one-way street where they are making ungodly amounts of money when things are good and then they move on to someplace else for a while when things are bad."
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When I was in college a few hundred years ago, one professor said, "its ok to make a mistake, as long as you do not keep making that mistake." I really did not buy this at first, I was raised not to make mistakes in the first place.

But we are human, and we are going to make mistakes and errors. So I fully accept this idea. Its ok.

Whats not ok, like Mr. Buffets says, is to walk away after you have made a mess, and to walk away rich.

There has to be somewhat of a penalty when you make a "mistake." This is how we grow up and learn. When you spill the milk, you have to clean it up. Someone else should not clean it up.

Everyone has responsibility.When you lose money, or you lose your house, because of you own selfishness and greed, someone else should not have to pay what you owe. That is the penalty for the "mistake"

This reminds one of how Washington and the WH operates. They make mistakes everyday, do they pay a "penalty ?" - Not usually.

But we the people can make them pay, by not giving them our VOTES. Think about this the next time there is an election, and you are going to visit the Polls.
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Somer Thompson

2009-10-22T22:38:00.007-04:00

To the parents and family of Somer Thompson, I am so very sorry for your loss.

May God help you all. I will pray for you all.

I too know what it is to lose a child. Our Colleen was take from us when she was twenty.

I am not going to lecture. But all parents must protect their kids, especially the young ones. They cannot ever be left unattended. We must know their whereabouts at all times.

There are very bad people out there. People that must be caught and prosecuted.

Pay Czar Feinberg to Slash Executive Pay

2009-10-22T15:13:00.004-04:00

FOXNews.com
Thursday, October 22, 2009

"White House pay czar Kenneth Feinberg was the driving force behind the move to order steep pay cuts from bailed-out executives, and did not even seek the president's approval before making his decision.

The Treasury Department is expected to formally announce in the next few days a plan to slash annual salaries by about 90 percent from last year for the 25 highest-paid executives at the seven companies that received the most from the Wall Street bailout. Total compensation for the top executives at the firms would decline, on average, by about 50 percent."

This is what they want to do.
Is it constitutional?

This idea should not be allowed to fly. Its wrong. Kenneth Feinberg has no legal authority to do this.
Those concerned must challenge the government in this matter.

You and your pay could be next.

The government may have the right to levy and collect taxes, including income taxes.
But it does not have the right to decide or regulate how much compensation someone should make.

This is what is scary.

"But now, in a little-noticed move, the House Financial Services Committee, led by chairman Barney Frank, has approved a measure that would, in some key ways, go beyond the most draconian features of the original AIG bill. The new legislation, the "Pay for Performance Act of 2009," would impose government controls on the pay of all employees -- not just top executives -- of companies that have received a capital investment from the U.S. government. It would, like the tax measure, be retroactive, changing the terms of compensation agreements already in place. And it would give Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner extraordinary power to determine the pay of thousands of employees of American companies.

The purpose of the legislation is to "prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards," according to the bill's language. That includes regular pay, bonuses -- everything -- paid to employees of companies in whom the government has a capital stake, including those that have received funds through the Troubled Assets Relief Program, or TARP, as well as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."

Back in March 2009:
Barney Frank has said that if there is too much opposition to government control of executive pay and bonuses, the government can always tax the excesses. Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel also has ideas on how to control pay as an excess tax.

The government is deciding what happens to you, what you can earn, what bonus you can receive. The feds have no right to decide such things.

So we are going to change the rules of the game, so the government will be sure no one will be on the same page or really understand what is going on.

To control, manipulate, instill fear and anxiety is what happens in Venezuela and Zimbabwe. This is not the function of government. Is that where this is going?

Where we need regulation we do not get regulation, where we need less regulation, we get more. Its very clear, the President, his staff, his czars, and the White House, are control freaks. This also applies to the House and the Senate as well.

What has happened to our country?

Obama Gets Tough, Chicago Style

2009-10-22T10:28:00.000-04:00

From an earlier post.

The article by Gideon Rachman "Obama must start punching harder" is the worst thing BO can do.

Rachman says, "The notion that Mr. Obama is a weak leader is now spreading in ways that are dangerous to his presidency. The fact that he won the Nobel Peace Prize last Friday will not change this impression.

Peace is all very well. But Mr. Obama now needs to pick a fight in public – and win it with a clean knock-out."

Lets look at the last sentence again.
"But Mr. Obama now needs to pick a fight in public – and win it with a clean knock-out."

Look at this advice. "Pick a fight in public – and win it with a clean knock-out."

Ever since Gideon Rachman wrote the article, I see a change in Obama and his WH. They have an attitude. This is not very healthy for our nation. Now look at what has happened.

President Obama is getting tough, some say he has an enemy list. WOW that's what third world countries with dictators do.
If he does have a list, we know FOX is on that list.
It has been said that if you disagree with Obama and his White House, you may be on that list.

Lets look at the pillars of honesty and integrity who work in the White House and you decide who may be capable of compiling an enemy list.

Chief of Staff
Rahm Emanuel

Deputy Chiefs of Staff
Jim Messina
Mona Sutphen

Senior Advisors
David Axelrod
Valerie Jarrett
Pete Rouse

Senior Communications Director
Anita Dunn

This has to be the weakest WH ever. They need to get serious and get to work for the people, ALL the PEOPLE, not just their buddies. This country has some very serious issues, and this administration has a list of misplaced priorities. If the WH was a stock, it would be a laggard.

Their fight with FOX-FNC is just one example of these misplaced priorities. Its just a ploy to cause a distraction, so they think we can be fooled while they screw up on health care. But the WH is wrong, the America people can do two things at once. I only wish Washington could do two things at once. But they cannot do even one thing right.

White House Attacks Fox News

2009-10-20T20:32:00.001-04:00

This is a very important initiative the Obama White House has undertaken. Not only important, but childish. But this is typical of this WH. Their notions are flawed, just like the character of the staff there, its flawed. Anita Dunn and Robert Gibbs should be very proud of creating more smoke and distortions.

The WH tries to smear FOX by saying FOX is "not a news organization so much as it has a perspective."

This is not true, and anyone with a half of a brain, knows better. Give FOX a little credit.

The White House thinks MSNBC, with Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, Ed Shultz, and Rachel Maddow is NEWS? These four shows are full of vicious language, lies, half truths. These shows take turns at beating up Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann, and everyone who is a conservative and Republican.

I think the White House has better things to do than wage war with FOX. What a waste of time, money and efforts. The America tax payers should send the WH a bill, for overspending, and fine them for misplaced priorities. But the best thing the tax payer can do will be done at the polls next election.

I Say Good Lord - Lord Christopher Monckton

2009-10-20T11:14:00.000-04:00

"Lord Christopher Monckton, a noted climate change skeptic, gave a presentation in St. Paul, MN. In this 4-minute excerpt from his speech, he issues a dire warning to all Americans regarding the United Nations Climate Change Treaty, scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December 2009."

Go to this link on You Tube to see what Lord Monckton has to say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMe5dOgbu40

More of the Same-Excuses

2009-10-14T10:13:00.000-04:00

"Rampant Afghan government corruption might derail the war, even if 80,000 U.S. troops are sent, McChrystal reportedly says."

If you look hard enough, you are bound to find an excuse.

Everyone has know for some time now, that there is corruption in the Afghan government.

As a generic statement, I think there is some corruption in the entire Middle East. Also it could be said, there is some corruption everywhere.

Perhaps, there should not be wide spread corruption and abuses, but there is. Nice world, right? And getting worst every minute. Even here at home.

P.M. Brown to Send More British Troops to Afghanistan

2009-10-14T10:00:00.000-04:00

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced he is sending hundreds more British troops Afghanistan. This will raise the authorized force level to 9,500.

Bravo Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Thank you for your leadership.
I wish we had some leadership in Washington.

I wish, I wish, I wish.

Obama Must Start to do Something

2009-10-13T09:53:00.001-04:00

The article by Gideon Rachman "Obama must start punching harder" is the worst thing BO can do.

Rachman says, "The notion that Mr. Obama is a weak leader is now spreading in ways that are dangerous to his presidency. The fact that he won the Nobel Peace Prize last Friday will not change this impression. Peace is all very well. But Mr. Obama now needs to pick a fight in public – and win it with a clean knock-out."

Lets look at the last sentence again.
"But Mr. Obama now needs to pick a fight in public – and win it with a clean knock-out."

Here is why this article is totally ridiculous and will not fly. And if BO tries this tactic, he will crash land.

The Obama WH and Anita Dudd want to wage war with FOX News. They will not win anything. To say BO needs to pick a fight in public will only ask for more trouble. He and his administration are already in deep trouble.

The Rachman article references the phase "right wing assault." I would argue that the "assaults" are based on the truth of the matter. Examples of the assaults include;
"Obama the false Messiah; Obama, the president who apologises for America; Obama, the man who is more loved abroad than at home; Obama, the man who never gets anything done; Obama the hesitant; Obama the weak."

Where did these notions come from? Obama himself, he has created most of his own problems. But it is easier to blame others rather than fix what you have done yourself; blame Fox News, pick a fight with the public, and blame others.

Obama has exacerbated his own situation. How?

He on many occasions has showed inexperience and naivete. The economy, granted he did not create all the woes, but he and his lawyers and economist are involved. He got involved with the GM and Chrysler and their unions. The Tarp Program, sky high unemployment, his stimulus package, creation of czars with no congress approval. Unneeded pressures from Van Jones. All these issues bring negatively to the President. Where did all this bad press come from? Most was BO own doing, and lack of doing.

A while back, he was traveling nearly every day, health care rallies, talk to unions( that's important) went to Wall Street - to scold. Lots of energy, very aggressive, and as usual, nothing got done. Then he had to appear on 5 Sunday news shows. Waste of time. Then off to Copenhagen. Then back to DC. His handlers, I guess David Axelrod and others have simply overexposed this President. He is trying to do too much.
Along with all of this, he seem to be dragging his feet with the possible increase of soldiers in Afghanistan. If we are going to stay in that region, and we are, why not gave the ok for more soldiers. There should be no strategy there, except to win the war, and you need more people on the ground to win. Enough already.

BO and all his close friends, come from Chicago. Did he think Washington was like Chicago? We will not compare the two cities, but it could be said that Chicago has enough corruption to go around.

Here is another flaw he has self created. Health care. He pushed and pushed until the little engine could go no more. What a joke, is it any wonder that Hillary Clinton could not get health reform moving? Its too big of an issue, the House and the Senate cannot handle it all. It should have been done in stages, not with one final bill. Any bill this big should have taken at least a year to complete.

One final idea. This President has a lot of support and friends, but he also has a lot of people who do not support or trust him and he has political enemies. This has nothing to do with race, this has to do with BO.

Many who liked him are now having buyers remorse.

Dirty Harry in Action

2009-10-12T13:18:00.001-04:00

Go to you tube and play this piece of work - it is precious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VE2VdmceZc

Like the dance of the fire flies. Notice how Speaker Pelosi "moves" the instant Harry puts his hand on her shoulder.

I think Harry Reid has Alzheimer, and Nancy Pelosi wishes she had Alzheimer so she could forget about this "hit."

Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) another Obama Junk Initative

2009-10-12T11:18:00.000-04:00

BO has a plan to create a new federal agency. The agency would oversee mortgages, credit cards and other consumer financial products.

This is another BO initiative for change. So you know it won't work, it will cost a fortune, and in the end will be another government disaster.

Watch out, Chris Dodd and Barney Frank will probably work on this bill. Do I have to say more?

Here is an idea for change, change BO on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. This will be the 57th quadrennial United States presidential election.

This new agency might sounds good to some, but wait. I think we have a few government agencies and private groups that already do this type of work. States also have these services. This is just another scheme to grow government and duplicate federal and state entities, so there will be plenty of jobs for government workers. Do you really think this agency can do it better? Everyone is good at something, Obama is good at spending money. Spending money we do not have.

Here is a list of agencies, groups and advocates for your info: There are many more.

Alliance Against Fraud
American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI)
American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
Center for Auto Safety (CAS)
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
Consumers' Checkbook Magazine
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
Congress Watch
Consumer Action
Consumer Federation of America (CFA)
Consumer Reports
Consumers for World Trade (CWT)
Consumers Union
Families USA
The Federation of American Consumers and Travelers (FACT)
Federal Trade Commission
Funeral Consumers Alliance
HALT: An Organization of Americans for Legal Reform
Health Research Group (HRG)
Hearing Loss Association of America
Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
National Association of Consumer Advocates
National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators (NACAA)
National Coalition for Consumer Education
National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)
The National Consumer Protection Technical Resource Center
National Consumers League
National Council on the Aging (NCOA)
National Fraud Information Center/Internet Fraud Watch
Public Citizen, Inc.
Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business (SOCAP)
U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG)

Is He the Right Man for the Job?

2009-10-11T11:21:00.001-04:00

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Rangel is at the center of a government ethics probe into whether he failed to pay taxes and disclose income on several properties.

Mr. Rangle is a smart man. Its hard to understand why he seems to be dragging his feet on his tax problems. Maybe he is waiting for a legal miracle to occur, and this bad dream will all go away. He must know better, he has a JD, is smart and knows his job.

He is being watched, and he knows this too, and as such, this has to be a distraction. Rangel holds a very important job, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Many have asked that he step down as chairman until the situation is resolved.

With all his experience, education and knowledge, you would think he would want to fix his tax problems ASAP, and get all this behind him. He seems to be stubborn. Why? What can he gain? Maybe he waiting for a "deal" from the IRS.

He should know that this problem, which he created, will not just "go away."

Noble Peace Prize

2009-10-09T18:50:00.000-04:00

What has he accomplished?

Graduated from Harvard Law School. Did teaching at the University of Chicago Law School. Community organizer. U.S. Senator from Illinois . President of the USA for 9 months, and the committee picked their candidates in February?

What has he done to win this award? You will have to ask the committee, because I do not have a clue.

Remember the head football coach of Pleasure Ridge Park High School who has been charged with reckless homicide in the death of a 15-year-old player who collapsed from heat stroke at practice. The Peace Prize award to BO is analogous to giving David Jason Stinson a coach of the year award.

The Government Needs to Stop Medicare Abuses

2009-10-08T13:33:00.000-04:00

Revised from an earlier post.

According to Steven Malanga of the Manhattan Institute, experts estimate that "abuses of Medicaid (alone) eat up at least 10 percent of the program’s total cost nationwide -- a waste of $30 billion a year. July 23, 6:35 AMLaw Enforcement ExaminerJim Kouri.

The U.S. spends $800 billion a year on Medicare and Medicaid, $60 billion of which is estimated to be lost to fraud, notes the WSJ.

If this is true, then our government is letting us down. They are simply not doing their jobs.
Ask yourself, would you continue doing business with a bank that lost 10 percent of your money? Would you shop at a store that when you check out, charges you 10 percent more than you spent?

Obama and many other politicians have said that some of the short fall that occur when funding health care reforms will come from the stopping of Medicare fraud and abuses. Much money could be saved if the abuses were stopped.

This is nonsense, if you cannot stop the abuse before we have a signed bill, how can you stop the abuse once we have a signed bill? This is so typical of the government. They will tell something that they will do. But they do not know how they will do it, and when you ask them they cannot tell you how they will do it.

Its seems clear, either the government/Medicare are totally incompetent and do not know how to stop the Medicare fraud or they do not care. Either way we are not getting what we paid for.

The government needs to stop Medicare abuses, or at least do a better job. We have the Obama czars, an Attorney General,dozen and dozens of White House lawyers, and other resources. People are breaking laws when they commit fraud and corruption. This is reason enough to stop Medicare abuses and fraud.

A Dozen Males - but not a Dozen Men

2009-10-06T21:05:00.000-04:00

John Ensign
Newt Gingrich
Rudy Guiliani
Eliot Spitzer
David Paterson
Bob Livingston
Mark Sanford
John Edwards
David Letterman
Bill Clinton
Gary Condit
Jessie Jackson

Stop Iran - Stop Terrorism

2009-10-04T18:41:00.000-04:00

I have said this till I am blue in face. Iran is the main trouble maker in the region.

There are reports that Iran supplies the Taliban in Afghanistan and Shiite extremists in Iraq with weapons and equipment.

This is totally outrageous, unacceptable and should not be tolerated. We are not playing games. This has to stop.

Put Iran on notice, that they are and we know they are aiding and abetting our enemies, and they are directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths and injuries to our troops. And this must stop, or will take tougher actions to see that it does stop.

Our militarily leaders will have to do this, for this President will not. Obama needs to wake up before its too late.

War Time President

2009-10-02T20:10:00.000-04:00

President Obama does not have the stomach to be a War President. Grant it, its always better if you do not have to be at war, but this is part of the job. He seems hesitate to make a decision with General McChrystal's request for more troops.
Obama loves domestic issues. Health Care, Stimulus package, running off to rallies, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, NYC Wall Street, appearing on five Sunday news programs, condemning banks and Wall Street greed. But political greed and ambition is ok. Just plain, no bones about it, Overexposed. The more the better. He is just so comfortable being in the lights with the cameras rolling.
Here are two domestic issues that are in trouble. Unemployment is 9.8 percent today and Heath Care bill.
You would think with all his czars, 40 some lawyers, dozens of economists and experts, his white house staff, all the help he gets from Vice President Biden (ya right), he would be making some head way with all these problems. But he is not. Has he completed one thing that he has started? He has not.
Too many people blame the Republicans for all of Obama's problems. They are blamed and said to be racists. Republicans are not racists.
Republicans do not dislike BO. But they do dislike what he says and what he stands for. His priorities seem misaligned, and at times there is a lack of clarity and distortions have been noted. No one is asking for perfection, even though many in Washington think they are perfect. It comes down to faith and trust.
Its a two way street Mr. President.

Another Selfish Obama Initiative

2009-09-30T11:56:00.000-04:00

BO is going to Copenhagen to beg, barrow and steal the Olympics for Chicago. He will have you believe he is doing this for America. Bull, he is doing this for Obama and his Chicago ( Oh its payback time for his Chicago buddies).
Can Chicago afford the Olympics? Maybe they will use some of the left over tarp and stimulus money.
I am not sure Chicago can offer the kind of security that will be needed for an international event, such as the Olympics. Chicago cannot maintain law and order within itself, let alone an infusion of millions of people who are likely to attend this event in 2016.

Seems to me, with his lack of experience and judgment, Obama does not do anything unless it benefits him and his agenda. He talks a good story, he articulates well so it always sounds good. But its not good, you have to ask yourself, are his motive truly genuine?

Jimmy Carter thinks racism is alive and well. I do not think people are directly racist when it comes to Obama. Many people do not like the President, and many do not like what he stands for. Its not his color, or his race, its him, the person, his mannerism, his arrogance, his distortions, lack of experience, these are the qualities that people do not like about him. There have been times with BO seems disingenuous. He has lost some credibility with the American people. They see him as a cheerleader, a rock star. Americans do not want this from the leader of the free world. They do not want a cheerleader. We want and need a leader.

It can be said, being President is a learning curve - because once elected as President, this is something you have never done before. There is no school or training program to be President. You may have done similar duties both in the political and diplomatic sense, but its not the same. The President of the United States is a truly unique position, some do well at it, some make the necessary adjustments, and some simply do not do well as President. So far Obama has not done well as President.

If Obama and his administration continue on their present path of mistakes, miscalculations, and misinformation, he will not have a respected legacy.

Maybe I expect too much. God only knows, we could use a higher standard in this country.

Will Iran Get Another Pass?

2009-09-27T22:28:00.000-04:00

Here is my take on Iran.

They will get another pass. Because potential sanctions will be meaningless.
Why? Because the U.S.A., UK, France and Germany can do nothing about the will of Russia and China or North Korea. Maybe Iran will allow inspection of their nuclear facilities, maybe not.

It will not matter, they will not stop at what they are doing. They have an agenda, their goal is to be the power of their region.

Israel already has the bomb. Israel is the biggest and most treating enemy of Iran. They are paranoid with Israel. If Iran develops a nuclear device, Iran will be on a more level playing field with Israel.

For Iran to be the main power of the region, they must develop more weapons. The more powerful the weapons, the more power they will have. They will not stop, unless they are forced to stop. Sanctions will not help, they are nothing more than a hiccup.

The Shameful Betrayal of Israel

2009-09-24T14:14:00.000-04:00

Its hard to understand why Israel is being treated so badly. Something has changed. Israel is not the troublemakers in the region.
The bad "children" in the area are Iran and the Palestinians. These two are professional troublemakers.
Iran will never be our friend.
Obama does not get it. He is anti Israel. He threw the Jews under the bus again. This is an error.

And the U.S will pay for this mistake. BO should leave foreign affair in the hands of Hillary Clinton.
Israel is our only friend in the region, and probably our only true friend in the world.

Liberals are so supportive with this President, they cannot see any of his flaws, distortions, and lies. They too are childish, because they think with their hearts, they do not think with their heads(minds). Yes liberals love their cheerleader. Too bad he not more of a leader.

Yesterdays speech at the UN was pathetic.
Obama was in good company.

Libya's Khadafy and Iran's Ahmadinejad. Disgraceful. Shameful.

What a second class, phony act, so true of all Obama rhetoric.
America's apologist. Just words, lots of words, but with little or no meaning, what he has in luster, he lacks in being genuine.

Obama: Cheerleader, but not a Leader

2009-09-20T16:37:00.000-04:00

I have watched BO for quite a while now. During his presidential campaign he has given some great speeches and debates. I have watched his rallies on health care reform. Full of enthusiasm, the rhetoric seems believable, but its not. First and foremost, he is a politician. You should always remember this. Perhaps not of the caliber of a Bill Clinton, nevertheless a smart, articulate politician. Obama can make what he is saying, sound true and believable.But this what a professional politician does. Is he more of a salesman than a statesman?
He is so overexposed, he appeared on five News shows, but not Fox, on Sunday, September 20,2009, this is ridiculous.
If you listen carefully, and those that support him unconditionally should do, you will begin to see some of the flaws, distortions, and misinformation he can peddle.
I see right through his rhetoric and its getting old. This is especially obvious when he enters into a rally. He runs out onto the stage, yells to his fans, "Helloooooooooooooo Minneapolis, or "Helloooooooooooooooo Cleveland " Then he starts, " Are you fired up ?" This is what a rock star does, this is what a cheerleader does. Its not what the President of the United States should do. Is there any wonder why many people do not respect this man. The poor voter, the voter who thought he was getting a President, and only to get a rock star with a big smile, and a Cheerleader.
We didn't elect a Cheerleader, we wanted a leader.
This will not change, because BO does not have the insight, and maturity to change. But for his own good he had better change something, or else he will have a failed term, and a second term will be out of the question and out of his reach.

Another Teaching Moment

2009-09-15T15:37:00.000-04:00

President Obama talked to Wall Street yesterday. BO is a smart guy, but he is naive. He knows nothing about Wall Street, investors, markets and the like. He demonizes banks, bonuses and investors, we are just a greedy bunch. If he has his way,we will take the risks, and if we have gains, he will be happy to tax our gains and profits. But he and Barney Frank will fix Wall Street......... right.
Maybe banks take too much risk, if they do, and they fail, then they should fail. We have a system of bank regulators, where were they? - the same place the SEC was at when they were suppose to be watching the shenanigans of Bernie Madoff.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

"The size of the world stock market was estimated at about $36.6 trillion US at the beginning of October 2008. The total world derivatives market has been estimated at about $791 trillion face or nominal value."

There is alot at stake here. If he over regulates, markets, banks and companies, and the risks become minimal, then returns on investments will become minimal. Investors that are willing to take on more risk ( in hopes of a greater return, they will have no choice but to invest in markets (foreign) that will potentially offer greater gains, for greater risk.

ACORN

2009-09-12T16:56:00.000-04:00

This is a corrupt enterprise. Just like the Obama White House. ACORN needs to be investigated by the Justice department. ACORN gets tax payer money. Lets stop paying for corrupt illegal activities.
BO and Rahm Emanuel are deeply involved with ACORN. These two men, and others seem to surround themselves with crooks, thieves, and liars. There is just no end to the shenanigans of this administration.
I think U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the 41 White House lawyers will be very busy in the near future.

Medicare - Fraud, Abuse and Corruption

2009-09-11T11:29:00.000-04:00

According to Steven Malanga of the Manhattan Institute, experts estimate that "abuses of Medicaid (alone) eat up at least 10 percent of the program’s total cost nationwide -- a waste of $30 billion a year. July 23, 6:35 AMLaw Enforcement ExaminerJim Kouri.

The U.S. spends $800 billion a year on Medicare and Medicaid, $60 billion of which is estimated to be lost to fraud, notes the WSJ.

If this is true, then our government is letting us down. They are simply not doing their jobs.
Ask yourself, would you continue doing business with a bank that lost 10 percent of your money? Would you shop at a store that when you check out, charges you 10 percent more than you spent?

"We estimate that for every $1 we spend to stop fraud in the system, we save $1.55," said Kathleen Sebelius "The President`s budget lays out funding for anti-fraud
efforts over five years that we estimate could save $2.7 billion by improving overall oversight and stopping fraud and abuse within the Medicare Advantage and
Medicare prescription drug programs."

Obama and many other politicians have said that some of the short fall that occur when funding health care reforms will come from the stopping of Medicare fraud and abuses. Much money could be saved if the abuses were stopped.

This is nonsense, if you cannot stop the abuse before we have a signed bill, how can you stop the abuse once we have a signed bill? This is so typical of the government. They will tell something that they will do. But they do not know how they will do it, and when you ask them they cannot tell you how they will do it.

Its seems clear, either the government/Medicare are totally incompetent and do not know how to stop the Medicare fraud or they do not care. Either way we are not getting what we paid for.

The government needs to stop Medicare abuses, or at least do a better job. We have the Obama czars, an Attorney General,dozen and dozens of White House lawyers, and other resources. People are breaking laws when they commit fraud and corruption. This is reason enough to stop Medicare abuses and fraud.

Liars, Cheaters and Indiscretions.

2009-09-08T11:50:00.000-04:00

Lets have some fun with the rich and famous. Every few days we will add a name or two to compile a list of recent Liars, Cheaters and admitted Indiscretions. We will keep this up for awhile, to remind everyone, how nice the rich and famous can be.

(1). Governor Mark Sanford, Republican governor of South Carolina announces his infidelity. June 24, 2009.

(2). New York Governor Eliot Spitzer had patronized a prostitution service called Emperors Club VIP.^[1] This ultimately led him to announce his resignation as governor on March 12, effective March 17. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

(3). John Edwards U.S. Senator from North Carolina extramarital affair

In October 2007.

(4). Bernie Madoff, a former chairman of the NASDAQ stock market, has been arrested and charged with running a multi-billion dollar hedge fund swindle (Ponzi Scheme) in New York. Dec 2008.

(5). Feb. 17, 2009 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. regulators accused R. Allen Stanford of running a “massive, ongoing fraud” through his Houston-based Stanford Group Co. while selling about $8 billion in certificates issued by an affiliated bank in Antigua.

(6). The SEC charged Countrywide Chief Executive Angelo Mozilo with securities fraud. He is accused of "selling his Countrywide stock for nearly $140 million in profits while knowing that Countrywide's business model was deteriorating." June 4, 2009.

(7). On March 16, 2009, a Philadelphia Federal jury convicted Fumo on 137 counts of corruption, conspiracy, fraud.
Former Sen. Vincent Fumo who prosecutors said became "drunk with power" in his many years in the state senate was sentenced Tuesday to 55 months in prison for corruption.

Quote for Today

2009-09-08T07:37:00.000-04:00

It’s better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you’re stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. — Mark Twain

Chairman Schapiro Issues Open Letter to Broker-Dealer CEOs

2009-09-07T20:05:00.000-04:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2009-189

Washington, D.C., Aug. 31, 2009 — SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro today issued an open letter to remind broker-dealer chief executive officers of their supervisory responsibilities following reports that special recruitment programs at some firms are premised on enhanced compensation arrangements.

The letter to broker-dealer CEOs states that some enhanced compensation arrangements could induce brokers to engage in conduct that is not in investors' best interest and reminds CEOs that they have an obligation to police for such conflicts. In addition, the letter reminds CEOs that, as their firms grow, their supervisory and compliance infrastructures should retain sufficient size and capacity.

The letter is available at http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2009/
2009-181-letter.pdf.

Van Jones is gone............Will there be more?

2009-09-07T16:25:00.000-04:00

Van Jones is a radical. Period. He should have never been given the position of green czar in the first place.
He belongs in a country like Venezuela, not the USA. He agenda has its foundation built on deception, propaganda, and rhetoric.
He has caused nothing but turmoil since he arrived. Not only is he an embarrassment to the President, Jones, is an embarrassment to America.
He is a natural trouble maker, has the maturity level of a young boy, and has a rather dim future. Watch some of his speeches on You Tube. Did Obama know anything about Jones when he hired him? I thought all presidential appointments needed congressional confirmation. Obama is a constitutional lawyer?
Obama wrote his own constitution. This is not only expensive, 30+ czars, and its probably illegal. This hiring of unauthorized czars needs to be stopped. This simply cannot continue, if Obama has his way, there will be hundreds of czars. He just hired Ron Bloom. We have a Sec. of Labor and Commerce, why do we need Ron Bloom? Obama will not stop, unless he is stopped. Wake up America

A government big enough to give you everything....

2009-09-04T13:58:00.000-04:00

Who wrote, “A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have."?

Gerald Ford (14 July 1913 – 26 December 2006) , the 38th President of the United States.
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.
Presidential address to a joint session of Congress (12 August 1974)
Ford has also been quoted as having made a similar statement many years earlier, as a representative to the US Congress: "If the government is big enough to give you everything you want, it is big enough to take away everything you have."
"If Elected, I Promise…" : Stories and Gems of Wisdom by and About Politicians (1960) p. 193"
Source:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford

Obama speech to students....

2009-09-04T07:56:00.000-04:00

Obama speech to students: Not all parents want their kids to see it

Schools » The speech, to be shown in many schools, will praise education.

By Lisa Schencker

And Kirsten Stewart

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated: 09/03/2009 07:39:58 AM MDT

Some Utah parents have already made up their minds about a speech President Barack Obama plans to give to students about the importance of education: They don't want their children watching it.

In the speech, which will be broadcast live online at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Obama will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals and take responsibility for their learning, according to the U.S. Department of Education, which has urged schools to join in the "historic" event, even providing age-appropriate classroom activities.

But in Utah and nationwide, conservative voices are saying they don't want their kids "forced" to watch the speech, fearing it will eat up precious class time with political or policy messages.

Government Waste (of Time)

2009-09-03T09:33:00.000-04:00

Our government just recently completed HR 3200.

H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

The text is available at: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text

What a waste of time, money, and energy. Its a 1000 page bill, wow. Its complex, confusing, and has most Americans feeling somewhat betrayed.
They didn't get it right. They wanted it finished before their summer break.
Now because it was done wrong, it will have to be done again, more time, money and energy.
What a wasteful government we have, all senators and congress persons should be ashamed of themselves. You cannot blame most Americans for the anger they have displayed at town meetings. Elected politicians, recently have a very low approval rating. Many of these politicians, will soon run for reelection. A lot of you will not be elected, so your days in Washington are numbered.

Pfizer to pay record $2.3B

2009-09-02T22:16:00.000-04:00

Pfizer to pay record $2.3B penalty for drug promos

By DEVLIN BARRETT, AP

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors hit Pfizer Inc. with a record-breaking $2.3 billion in fines Wednesday and called the world's largest drugmaker a repeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions that plied doctors with free golf, massages, and resort junkets.

AFL-CIO, Dems push new Wall Street tax

2009-09-02T21:27:00.000-04:00

By Alexander Bolton - 08/30/09 11:17 AM ET

The nation’s largest labor union and some allied Democrats are pushing a new tax that would hit big investment firms such as Goldman Sachs reaping billions of dollars in profits while the rest of the economy sputters.

The AFL-CIO, one of the Democratic Party’s most powerful allies, would like to assess a small tax — about a tenth of a percent — on every stock transaction.

Thomas Sowell - Obama's Vision

2009-09-02T21:13:00.000-04:00

Here is an interview, with Thomas Sowell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt_q4FA9kUQ

TRUST

2009-09-02T21:00:00.000-04:00

The President is a smart guy. But he still has a lot to learn. My fear is that he does not want what has worked for this country, just his own agenda. Power has gone to his head, he spends money for the sake of his programs, he hires czars with no congressional over site and these czars work in the shadows, its a clandestine government.

The President won't commit about tort reform. Now ask yourself why. Do you know how many lawyers are in the White House Counsel's office?

"Mr. Craig has built a White House counsel's office of formidable size, with 41 lawyers, according to the administration's most recent filings. Mr. Bush left office with about 30 lawyers in his counsel's office."

This is outrageous.

Does the President think this is his money, or just our money for him to use anyway he sees fit.
He complains about wall street and corporate greed and executive bonuses,
Seems he spends and hires people everyday, flies off in Air Force One every chance he gets.
One thing he does not have is wisdom.
A lot of people do not trust him, or his administration. I see troubled days ahead for him, unfortunately these will be troubled days for all of us also.

The Cookie Blog

2009-09-02T20:39:00.000-04:00

This is a blog for anyone who has a mad.

Here are a few mads.

Mad about your boss, work, banks, bonuses, no bonus, sports, Obama, the economy, your wife, neighbors, girlfriend, your car, auto workers, unions, professional sports, college sports, relatives,
mother in laws, white house czars, lawyers, tort reform, health care reforms, insurance companies, medicare, brand name and generic drugs, your lipids, cheating and greed, wall street, the UK, France, Israel, Islam, Catholics, Protestants, Hollywood, McDonald's, fast food, restaurant tipping.

Anything that makes you mad and upset, makes you fume - write and get it off your chest.