Why? Because Keith Slobberman and Janeane Farout-o-falo said so.
Because, you see, I am a Conservative Republican and that in so being I have severe mental issues, am a racist, and self-loathe.
Ah yes. This from the group that says we must accept everyone for who they are, no questions asked.
(The only reason this is getting any attention from me is to keep my head from exploding.)
Idiots.
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Citigroup has reached a deal that will give the federal government up to 36% of control in the banking giant.
Need anymore be said?
Oh yes. It will all be temporary. Sort of like every single social program started by our congress. You are getting what you voted for.
Gird your loins, the winds are blowing.
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I was listening to the CPAC conference going on today and Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich brought the house down with a dead-on accurate assessment of the current administration.
His mantra for the speech was How Dumb Do They Think We Are?
He began with Obama’s rant against CEO’s and their private jets, when Speaker Pelosi now has her own taxpayer funded private jet.
His biggest score, though, was the fact that Obama swore not to raise taxes on anyone making less than $250K, but the new budget has over $600B in energy taxes, including electricity, heating oil, natural gas and gasoline.
So, unless you don’t use any of those, you are going to get your taxes raised. The fact that it is not ‘income’ tax is irrelevant. If you tax energy, EVERYONE (except the Amish and perhaps some hidden commune in the mountains of northern Idaho) will get hit. And the Carbon Cap and Trade program will help drive the coal industry to its knees.
If CPAC puts out You-Tube videos, I highly recommend watching them. Even my liberal friends should look, because at least see what our side is proposing.
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Before I get into it, you can read about the new law right here.
Then, see one mom’s really good take on the law.
So. Just what is this new law really? It is one of those knee-jerk reactions to an event that occurred in 2007. As you may recall, China sent us a bunch of lead-laden products.
Lead. Children. Bad.
So, congress jumped right on the solution. Reduce the lead content in products. Force industry to perform testing on their products. Force businesses to either test themselves or get their suppliers to provide certification of testing.
All for the children. Sort of like S-CHiP. No one can say no to a child.
If a business sells a non-conforming product, they get fined $100K. For each item. Wal-Mart beware, if you have 100 non-conforming items on your shelf, you are going to pay dearly.
But it’s for the kids, right?
But. But. If there is a book printed prior to 1985, it might fall under that category. What is that used book store owner going to do?
Why, pay a few hundred dollars per book to get it tested, of course. Or, if they cannot afford it, just toss the book. Just to be on the safe side.
Are you getting the picture? Already, untold millions of dollars worth of product has been tossed ‘to be safe’. Already the first lawsuit is underway, charging a business with non-compliance. Already there are numerous tiny, mom-and-pop businesses reeling from the constraints in the law.
All because congress knows best. All because those whom we elected can jump right on the problem and fix it SHAZAAM!
Sort of like they are fixing our economy. My warm and fuzzy feeling is back.
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Get up from the couch and get out and DO something! (This includes me.)For all of you who think that the Obama administration is not going to try and shut down any dissent (i.e. all of talk radio) you have another thing coming.
On the Senate floor, for a vote, are a pair of amendments. One is to ban anything akin to the Fairness Doctrine (Demint – R) and the other an amendment that will push the FCC to “take actions to encourage and promote diversity in communication media ownership,” (Durbin – D)
That, dear readers, is the Fairness Doctrine in a nutshell. The US Government forcing radio owners to put on what the government sees as fair broadcasting.
Never mind that every other media outlet- TV, newspaper, magazine, etc – are all liberally biased. Now congress wants to dictate it all.
Divide and conquer as they say. Get rid of talk radio, and you take away the common gathering point of conservatives.
Gird your loins, the winds are about to start blowing.
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Ask anyone from Arizona about Napolitano’s record on immigration. The law says if you hire illegal alien workers, you are going to get shut down.
The law says that if you are an illegal alien and get caught, you are going to jail and going to get deported.
Of course, now that she is the Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano has decided that enforcing the laws is not consistent with her or the president’s position on immigration.
Position?
Illegal. Bad. Arrest. Send Home.
Seems simple enough to me. But, then, I am not an open-all-borders freak who thinks that the United States should be a worldwide welfare state.
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UPDATE: Edited to keep Jen's head from exploding at my piss-poor grammar. Not that this is any better, but it is better..:)
If you are not beginning to question your choice in voting for Hopey One Kenobi, then my only guess is that either 1) you WANT to be the Socialist States Of Amerika, 2) you could not care less about what he said on the campaign trail, as long as Bush and the evil R-People were booted to the curb, 3) you could not care less about what he said as long as a black man got elected, or 4) you really are as stupid as I think.
I cannot keep up with this moron.
- The guy has more lobbyists in his administration than staffers.
- He randomly picks people to be in his cabinet because he has no clue. He has done nothing but campaign since getting elected to the Illinois senate.
- He just signed an $827 billion spending frenzy (1.2 trillion with interest) which is closer to $3 trillion when you take into account the annual funding required to keep the programs going.
- He decided to use some of TARP II ($275 billion) to buy out those poor unfortunate a$$hats that got in over their head and now claim it is their RIGHT to have a house.
- His House just passed $410 billion more in spending today, which is guaranteed to pass in the Senate.
- Thursday he will unveil his FY2010 budget (which takes effect in October, btw) which includes $634 billion for healthcare alone.
Over $2 TRILLION dollars in just over 30 days.
Where will it end?
With people lying in the streets. A revolution is coming. It cannot end any other way. At first it will be peaceful protesting, but as the insanity continues it will turn violent.
The liberals in charge are drunk with power and ecstasy at being able to ram through whatever they wish, consequences be dammed.
If you voted for this idiot, you deserve what you get. But I want to say, THANK YOU for effing my children's future away.
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Why am I not surprised? Nadya Suleman, the infamous Octo-mom is living in a house close to foreclosure. Not only that, she is living off of taxpayer money.
Oh, and not only that, she took her kids out shopping.
Un-friggan-believable.
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"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
That, of course, is written on the Statue of Liberty.
What it SHOULD say is "Give me your poor, your homeless, so they can kill our children indiscriminately.”
It happens more than you think. (H.T: RS McCain)
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Why waste money on actually teaching kids anything, when you can waste $10K a year (at a single school) teaching kids what they already know?
My son struggled with AP Chemistry. Too bad we are not Mexican and living in California so we can get credit for AP Spanish.
Idiots.
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Move over PCH (Publisher’s Clearing House), the TBP is on the move and coming to a city near you! Thank God. I am SO in need of a new T.V.
(H.T. Michelle Malkin)
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I don’t claim to be a know-it-all, but I do know where I stand in the economy. Like many others I got myself into debt by running up credit cards instead of saving until I could afford it.
It took me the last 10 years of my Navy career to pay down my debt, but even then I am still left with a pair of cards that have high charges on them (though one was to help pay my son’s dental expenses when the insurance wouldn’t so I will take that every time; the other is just do to greedy wanting on my part).
However, when I bought my house, I knew what I wanted. I wanted a payment I could afford, and one that would not significantly change over time. In other words, I wanted a fixed rate mortgage. If I lose my job, I won’t have much time to get another one before my house goes into default.
Am I crying to my government? No. If I go into foreclosure, will I cry to the government? No. I have family. I have places I can go. I will never need Nanny Samantha to take care of me.
Not so in other parts of the country. Just check out this CNN bleeding heart report on how these ‘poor’ folks got screwed by the mortgage people because the mortgage people made it too easy to get that $800,000 home. (glad I stayed at my paltry $160K range!)
What great thing to teach the kids. Take whatever handout is given then cry foul when things don’t go your way. This lady says Obama needs to stop all foreclosures. Great idea. Better yet, first come, first serve and all homes are free!
Idiots. This is your country in a nutshell. Are you just going to sit there?
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Did anyone really think that this was not going to happen? First Citigroup, then… who knows? One by one, it is all coming together for the socialist administration in power.
The banking giant is in talks with the government which may result in the government controlling upwards of 40%. I cannot wait to see what Pelosi and Reid do when they get their hands on all of that money.
This isn’t all that is going on either, Clinton in China, Obama with this budget commission. Change is in the air. Stay tuned for more as I get the word as to who is doing what.
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Just when you think that our children are lost to an ever-deteriorating moral compass, there is something like this that comes along to give you true hope.
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A couple of days ago, a large monkey brutally savaged a 55 year old friend of its owner. The police wound up shooting the ape. A tragedy, yes, but an avoidable one. I won’t detail it here, but the old woman owner (in her 70’s) should never have been allowed to keep the chimp.
A cartoonist for the NY Post drew up the scene of two police officers, guns out, standing over the dead chimp. No big deal, right?
The caption read: “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.”
Now, for me, the intent was clear; The cartoonist likened the crazed ape to a crazed congress that put together an abortion of a legislative package and rammed it through congress despite an outpouring of public dissent.
But, of course, our famous Democrat race-baiters came out in force. Led by Al Sharpton, they protested and picketed the paper and its advertisers, thus extorting an apology from the paper.
Why is it that the only ones crying race are the Democrats? I, for one, have yet to see any conservatives doing the same. I guess that the only ones who see race in EVERYTHING are those who are racist.
Read more on the subject here.
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Don’t like it when i say that? Too bad.
Democrats are racist. They started the KKK. They tried to prevent the Civil Rights Act. They put all ethnicities into their individual groups and then tell them how they are victims.
White men are the trouble. White men are stopping you from getting what you want in life.
Even the senior Democrat representatives are starting to spit the same hate. A few Conservative governors say that they do not want the money. They do not believe it is a good thing and that it will actually hurt the economy.
Nothing like being able to voice your opinion, right? In doing so, Mark Sanford, Bobby Jindahl and others are now being accused of not liking blacks.
Yep. THAT is why I don’t want to partake of the destruction of our society. It is all because of the blacks.
In the words of my Company Commander in boot camp, “Shut the f**k up.” When there is a White History Month, come and get me to discuss racism. Until then, look around. it is not conservatives spitting the hate, it is the liberals and their brain washed minority brethren.
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Ok. Not physically, but read what was said.
Thanks to the Gateway Pundit for this. I like it. I think the words should not have been politicized. Tell her just what you think, pontiff, because there are a lot of ‘Catholics’ I know who look the other way on the aborting of children. (Else there would have been 0% Catholic support for Hope n Change.)
It should be at the top of our list (and I am not really a practicing Catholic, but hold the church’s beliefs close).
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So I guess if it worked in the 60’s and 70’s, it will work here. The problem is, however, in the 60’s people were civically disobedient to correct a major tragedy- civil rights for blacks. They were also civically disobedient towards the Vietnam war. They exercised their right, as is put forth by our constitution.
Now, however, the voter-fraud leaders of the pack (ACORN) say this:
“On Feb. 19, ACORN members will launch a new tactic in fighting foreclosures: civil disobedience. Participants in the ACORN Home Savers campaign nationwide will simply refuse to move out of foreclosed homes, or in some cases, will move back in. ACORN homesteaders intend to squat in their homes until a comprehensive, federal solution for people facing foreclosure is put in place.” [HatTip: Michelle Malkin]
So, basically, because some people got themselves in over their head, or they fell on hard times and got evicted from their homes, it is the governments responsibility to save them?
Why do we bother?
Damn it, I cannot pay for my groceries, so I am going to stage a sit-in at the local Winn-Dixie until they give me food for my family.
Idiots.
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[Hat Tip: Drew. Thanks!]
For those who like Conan O’Brian, this segment with Louis CK is absolutely dead on target. I am going to have to start incorporating some of this guy’s ideas into my own way of thinking.
I was there. I was alive during (most) of the times he discusses. Whether or not you were, you should check out this video.
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As reported on 2/16/2009, FoxNews (via Sean Hannity) reported on roughly 35 para-military training facilities located throughout the United States.
Their ‘sheikh’ hails from their parent group in Pakistan. Watch the segment and tell me that our country is not headed for a major incident; if not between liberals and conservatives, then between foreign nationals and red-blooded hillbillies.
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I wanted to take a second to recap just what the Obama administration has done during the first few weeks in office. This is, of course, beyond the Porkulus Bill that was passed Friday.
Not that I am worried, of course. It is, after all, just Obama trying to get settled in and working to get the world to ‘approve’ of us again…
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Mel, over at A Voice For Moms, asked me to post this video.
Thanks Mel!
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It has come to pass. After all that has been said to the negative; after all the calls, faxes, emails, etc that have flooded Washington, D.C.; after all of the public outrage regarding this massively heinous Bill Of Socialism, the House passed it 246-183 and the Senate will pass it as soon as the last Senator returns from his mother’s funeral. He is a Democrat, so we know the outcome there.
I want to thank all of the GOP in the House. They all voted NO. I want to thank the 7 Democrats who voted NO. I don’t care why (one said there was too much tax cut and not enough school and social program money, which scares me, but I will take it).
With this upon us, I believe we are very much screwed. Why?
NOT ONE SENATOR OR CONGRESSMAN READ THE BILL before voting. The House voted unanimously to have the bill on the internet for 48 hours before voting. Nancy Pelosi had a date in Rome, Italy so they had to forget that. Obama promised to have all EMERGENCY legislation out on the internet for a full 5 days before he signed them. He has forgotten that and will sign it on Monday.
If you get a chance to read it, do so, Look at the reports coming out and read the words for yourself. Nationalized health care, earmarks put in under the cover of dark, forcing governors to accept money even if they do not want it, money for people who don’t even pay taxes, extra money for Social Security recipients (to the tune of $250- wow $4.80 per week for the year… nice).
I know to many it seems like we are just screaming in frustration that Obama won. I would agree that many are. But what is driving me is deeper than that.
I guess I was born in the wrong era. I want everyone to be proud of their country. I want everyone to stare down the enemy and send them packing. I want people to rise up, like the days of the revolution and demand their freedom from government meddling and interference.
But too many do not care. None of them, I am sure, come to read my barely-visible blog in the ocean of other writings. If they do, they never leave comment anyway, so I apparently do not touch them. But it burns inside that there is so much apathy in our country.
How can people be so delusional as to think that this legislation is a good thing? Regardless of who you voted for, the fact is that this bill was crammed through and NO ONE got a chance to read it.
I don’t come out and say it, but the truth needs to be said. If you voted for Obama and his trumped up siren call of HopenChange, you are an idiot. You have been blinded by either pure idolatry or pure hatred of Bush. You obviously care more about what he says than what he has actually done in his past. There can be no other explanation.
God help us all, and I truly hope I (and all of the other thousands of experts who have been warning about this) are wrong in their assessment.
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So the governor of a state, much like the president, has control of the state’s budget. The congress submits and he approves or disapproves.
Well, until now, that is. Buried in the ‘stimulus’ is a provision that says a governor cannot stop the state from taking the stimulus money if the congress says they want it.
In other words, the governor cannot veto it.
Now why would they say this? Because one governor has the balls to stand up and say his state will refuse any money from the government.
Nice to know that states are still sovereign. Remember when we used to be a REPUBLIC? States did not have to follow the government if they did not want?
Cue broken record voice.
Thanks to all of those who voted for HopenChange. You are about to get it big time.
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As I go on like a broken record, those Democrats and Independents who wanted HopenChange are going to get it big time.
Check out the Heritage Foundation’s estimate of the final cost of this monstrosity after 10 years. I am not even going to put the number here because it hurts enough just looking at it.
In unrelated news, some are reporting that The Wicked Witch of the West (Pelosi D-CA) has said that the only way congressmen will be allowed to get a full copy of the bill (as opposed to the ‘summary’ she provided them) was to swear an oath that they would vote ‘yes’ to the bill…
…so.. you have to promise to vote yes before you get to actually read the additional 700 pages she and Reid added?? Interesting development in the Pelosi era. She has already changed House rules to prevent the minority power from submitting alternatives to proposed legislation. This step is just one in a long line of more to come, thus ensuring a bastion of immovable Democrat control.
Thanks to all of those out there who could not see the true intent of this administration for the hatred of ‘evil’ George. Many of you are my friends, but you have been totally fooled by these corrupt-o-crats.
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Our Founding Fathers had it right. We either get together with one another and stand against the tide or fall by the wayside.
You speak out online, but are you active in your neighborhood? Do you call your congressmen and senators? Do you engage others in debate?
We have become a nation of complacent do-nothings who look at others and nod in agreement, but do little to get out and become active in effecting change. Do you want to lose your country or do you want to be on the frontlines?
Yes, it is scary. People, by nature, avoid difficult confrontation. But, I cannot see any other way. Get involved. Make the call. Join local groups. Activism is the only way.
Failing that, gird your loins and draw close your guns.
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From WWII, when being proud to be an American was standard fare, not something you had to fight to keep alive:
(Hat Tip: My Dad!)
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Thanks to R.S. McCain for posting this.
In particular, watch the anti-abortion essay (in video) by a very eloquent young lady. I am pretty much against children stepping out into the political arena. More times than not they are being exploited by someone behind the scene, and I was conflicted on posting the link here, but I was impressed by her.
The message is powerful. If only all of our kids felt the same.
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I know. That sounds totally Orwellian, doesn’t it? Why in the world would anyone want to create a governing body that decides if you can get treatment or not? Or, better yet, if the treatment cannot cure you and will only prolong the inevitable, you can be cut off.
Totally sick, yes? Yeah. I agree.
For those who voted for Obama, thanks. The very language mentioned above is part of the now-passed stimulus package.
You wanted HopenChange, well, you got it.
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Via Michelle Malkin, check out this idiot senator Schumer:
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Obama promised that this ‘stimulus’ was just the first step. Boy was he RIGHT ON TARGET!
Today, Tim “The Tax Cheat” Geithner spoke of the NEW AND IMPROVED plan to save the banks and all Americans who are losing their homes.
$1.5 TRILLION dollars are to be used. This would be a ‘partnership’ between the government and investors.
For those who did not know, we just did this with Bank of America. The government told the CEO that it was ‘patriotic’ and would be ‘good for the country’ if they bought the troubled assets. The problem is that the assets were worse off than the bank was told and they lost billions- to the brink of bankruptcy.
Yeah. Great idea. The market is letting them know what they think already.
Like I have already said. I am hopeful that all of those who used to be Democrats (now the Socialist Enabler Party) and voted for this guy are the first ones to feel the effects of massive government intervention in the markets.
Per the Congressional Budget Office, there will be a small bit of improvement in the near term, but a much worse economy in the end.
What will they say then? They need to do MORE?
You Betcha!
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For those not following the news, there is yet another Obama bait and switch going on. It is being overshadowed by the bail-a-mania but bears a very close looking into.
Obama has promised Hope-n-Change. He has promised bipartisanship. He has promised openness and transparency.
Why is it, then, that he waits until 3:30 PM on a Friday, a day that historically an administration would do something it wanted buried in the news over the weekend, to sign a directive moving control of the census from the Commerce Department to the White House? Rahm Emanuel, the most partisan of all of the Democrats in Washington, D.C. will be in charge?
I guess that we get what we vote for… oh wait.. I didn’t vote for the government to take control of my life. If you did, this is all on you.
If you are not sure why it even matters, you should not have voted. He who controls the counting, controls the government.
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Oh. My. God.
Check out what Iranian president dictator Achma-get-a-job said:
The hard-line Iranian leader said terrorism, the elimination of nuclear weapons, restructuring the U.N. Security Council and fighting drug trafficking could be topics for the two sides to talk about.
"If you really want to fight terrorism, come and cooperate with the Iranian nation, which is the biggest victim of terrorism so that terrorism is eliminated. ... If you want to confront nuclear weapons ... you need to stand beside Iran so it can introduce a correct path to you," he said.
Last night, Obama said that America was looking for openings to talk with Iran. Now Ahmadinejad says his country is willing.
Great. We are going to jump high to please them right? So we can become one with the world, right? Biggest victim? Like their funneling of money and arms to Hezbollah and Hamas? Like their smuggling of Iranian troops into Iraq to help create more chaos for the American effort?
Give me a break. One more reason to not trust this Corrupt-o-crat.
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So.
Obama made it to TV to express how bipartisan this stimulus fiasco is. Yep. All 3 RINOS who voted for it must speak for the entire Senate GOP.
The ZERO House Republicans and ELEVEN House Democrats who voted against it showed more bipartisanship. The fact that we are even calling this crock of stuff remotely bipartisan goes a lot to saying how nice we are trying to be.
The fact is, this bill will kill our economy. More than one economist says it will, and the CBO has the numbers to prove how it will tank us even further. Obama even says those SCIENTISTS who proved that FDR’s spending in the New Deal actually prolonged the depression are wrong. (He, the apparent ultimate economist, is right??) A one-year minimal growth followed by a collapse even further than we are now.
But through it all, we had not heard Obama lie about the bill. He tells it as he thinks it should be. But to stand in front of the cameras tonight and blatantly LIE about there being “Not a single earmark” floored me.
The so called ‘trimmed down’ Senate bill is, actually, $19 billion more than the House. See how that works? Y0u inflate it so you can then cut it and claim you were helping the folks.
This bill is nothing but one BIG earmark. The only reason they got three RINO votes is because the two from Maine are just trying to get a share of the haul for their state- country be damned. And Specter is just an idiot who cannot leave his former Democrat ways.
So the vote will come soon. The cloture vote passed 61-36 with two non-votes. (Cloture means no more amendment submissions, I believe). This means that in the next day or so the Senate will vote on it and send it to House-Senate committee for final drafting.
I’m scared. Really scared. I was just getting used to the USA as she is. Now I’ll have to read up on France and Germany to figure out how things are going to start working.
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Of course, you won’t hear that in the Lame Stream Media. You only hear how former President Bush hates black folks. But what is good for the goose is good for the gander.
Extra! Extra! Read all about it.
Now tell me where I am wrong on this?
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While not exactly true, the title does give a great indication of one provision in the forthcoming Generational Theft Act of 2009. What do I mean? Right from the text, found here:
SEC. 7001. MANDATORY LOAN MODIFICATIONS.
Section 109(a) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5219) is amended—
(1) by striking the last sentence;
(2) by striking ‘‘To the extent’’ and inserting
the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the extent’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) LOAN MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to actions required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, develop and implement a plan to facilitate loan modifications to prevent avoidable mortgage loan foreclosures.
‘‘(B) FUNDING.—Of amounts made available under section 115 and not otherwise obligated, not less than $50,000,000,000, shall be made available to the Secretary for purposes of carrying out the mortgage loan modification plan required to be developed and implemented under this paragraph.
‘‘(C) CRITERIA.—The loan modification plan required by this paragraph may incorporate the use of—
768
‘‘(i) loan guarantees and credit enhancements;
‘‘(ii) the reduction of loan principal amounts and interest rates;
‘‘(iii) extension of mortgage loan
terms; and
‘‘(iv) any other similar mechanisms or combinations thereof, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.
So, what is being said is, if you are in deep kimshee with your mortgage, never fear. There will be $50 billion (in addition to the $20 billion asked for by the House) available for banks to renegotiate your loan to a better price.
“Your home has lost half of its value? No problem, Mr. Smith, we here at Gov Loans, Inc. can just appraise your new home value and get you a loan based on that. No worries!”
“What is that? You never miss a payment? You have always been on time with all of your bills? I am sorry, Mr. Jones. It seems that there are no programs to help you out. You just will have to live with the fact that you owe more than your home is currently worth.”
“What is that, Mr. Illegal? Why of course! Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has blocked any chance at having to prove you are a legal citizen. You are fully eligible for money too!”
From the Declaration of Independence:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
Not that I am proposing an outright revolution, but the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s may have a new purpose: A Modern Day Boston Tea Party; No Taxation Without Representation.
If we call and scream and badger our representatives and they vote against us anyway, it is our duty to remove them from office, by any means required.
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Hope and Change. Yes sir, Hope and Change.
For all of his bloviating about NEEDING to get this scam of a stimulus bill passed in order to ‘save or create 4,000,000 jobs’, Obama’s latest executive order is one for the record books.
Because of his decision, there are now some 25,000 non-union companies will be banned from bidding on large-scale (i.e. over $25 million) government contracts. I wonder how many of those potential jobs will be contained in the Porkulus Bill?
I guess saving jobs is only good if it means you are a union supporter of his.
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The following is in response to the word that some turncoat RINO’s have helped the Democrats increase the pork-laden ‘stimulus’ bill to $1.75 TRILLION dollars. It is most sure to pass. We are so effing screwed, folks:
On February 6th, 2009 at 7:38 pm, Yankee Oppressor said:
I REJECT your attempts to force collectivism on the American people.
I REJECT the contempt in which you hold the American taxpayer.
I REJECT the notion that “I am responsible to the Federal Government” for an ever growing portion of the fruits of MY LABOR to be squandered on pet projects or given outright to those that have not EARNED it. I am a free man. YOU can make no claim on my labor or insist that I do my part by shouldering more and more of the load. The very idea of “trickle up” economics is absurd.
I REJECT your call for more sacrifice and service to this nation. I have worn the uniform of this nation for over 25 years and I have freely given my sweat and my blood to protect it. I have done enough. How many brothers have YOU buried? What were their names? What have YOU sacrificed? What have your children done without? What have you done except corrupt everything that you have laid your hands on?
I REJECT YOU for your belief that the Constitution of my country is a “living breathing document’.
I REJECT YOU for wrapping your liberal agenda in the flag that I love and then claim to be patriotic.
I REJECT YOU for your belief that the States are subordinate to the Federal Government and that the Constitution is an imperfect document. The sovereign states created the federal government not a national one. The central government only exists at the pleasure of the states. To do otherwise is illegal, immoral, and unconstitutional.
I REJECT YOU because you have destroyed the education system of this nation and you have bankrupted Social Security and mismanaged Medicare. You can not even run a cafeteria.
I REJECT YOU because you have ensured that you are not subject to the laws and systems you lay down for the “common” people.
I REJECT YOU because you cling to a failed ideology. Central Planning has FAILED everywhere it has been tried. Why would the outcome be an different here?
I REJECT YOU for your belief in anthropogenic global warming and for your plans to further cripple the most powerful economy on this planet with draconian measures designed to appease or enrich a select few.
I REJECT YOU for insisting that the United States continues to buy oil from people who wish to do us harm, ignoring the fact that we could safely drill or process oil shale here and be independent. Our entire economy revolves around affordable petroleum. New technology can not be created out of thin air.
I REJECT YOU because you believe in rights without responsibilities…certainly, an individual can and should be able to make decisions and have to FACE THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THOSE DECISIONS without affecting the rights of another.
I PROMISE that you will be held accountable for the innumerable crimes you have knowing committed against your constituents, this country and mankind at large.
I PROMISE to keep my solemn and sacred oath “to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against ALL enemies foreign and domestic” which absolutely, unequivocally includes YOU!
I GUARANTEE you that the moment you begin your blatant and overt attack on the Second Amendment that millions of REAL Americans will institute organized and effective civil disobedience so that unless you plan to murder millions of this country’s citizens you will have no choice, but to cease and desist from such action OR accept the inevitable REVOLUTION which you would precipitate with your patently illegal and unconstitutional attack.
Tax cheats as Cabinet appointments. “New, tough” ethics rules waived on a whim. Diplomatic messages of weakness and cowering sent to our enemies. Oh, and a Democrat-owned porkulus political payoff package that will do nothing to stimulate anything except for the Democrat Party that costs more than the entire Iraq war.
I agree with the Heritage foundation when they state “It should not be government policy to spend massive amounts of taxpayer money to subsidize those who don’t need subsidies, provide homes for those who cannot afford to keep them, and in the process destroy the private mortgage finance system. Trying to short-circuit the market’s resolution of the current housing situation will be both expensive and unlikely to succeed.”
You have had quite a start to your administration. You’ve managed to raise the white flag to our enemies, bankrupt the next two generations of Americans, not stimulate the economy, and violate your own ethics rules. Oh, and you also walked into a window.
HOPE! CHANGE!
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If you don’t know what Keynesian Economics is, let me break it down. Back in the 1930’s there was an economist who said that the reason we had a depression was that we did not spend ENOUGH.
This goes contrary to modern economists who say that FDR’s New Deal actually deepened and lengthened the Great Depression.
Of course, because Republicans were in power, and because the economy turned south, the current administration says that we cannot follow the old rules. We must be bold. We must spend MEGA money regardless of the short term deficit. In short, we must be Keynesian.
There is no talk, of course, about the notion that the liberals in congress strong-armed lenders into giving loans to very risky people. As a result, they inflated the housing market to the extreme and it all cam crashing down.
I want you to go watch this video, posted by our friends at the Jawa Report. It says it all, with regards to explaining Keynesian ideas and what is about to happen if we don’t put pressure on congress to stop this idiotic spending bill.
(WARNING: There three parts, each is long, and it includes the commercials… D’OH!)
God help us.
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There was an amendment in the Stimupolooza Bill today that said simply- remove the paragraph that says if any institution receives these funds, they cannot have any kind of religious activity where the funds were used.
The amendment was rejected by a vote of 43 – 54.
No big deal? Separation of Church and State? (Which is a LIE, because nowhere does it say that.) Think again.
If a school gets federal dollars to repair their aging buildings, then students could not gather in those buildings to have a bible meeting. Automatically, churches are banned from getting funding. ANY INSTITUTION GETTING MONEY IS PROHIBITED FROM ANY FORM OF RELIGIOUS GATHERING.
The Supreme Court has already ruled that mere prayer is a religious gathering. So I guess Congress cannot use the funds to provide upkeep on the capitol building? That or banish the opening prayer?
These secular fascists are beginning to get under my skin.
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I cannot stand being made to pay for people’s health care when they should be perfectly capable of paying for it themselves. As I explained in an earlier post, the new S-CHIP program allows people up to age 30 (some child!) and in families making around $85K (some poor!) to get federally funded care.
Today, Obama rescinded an order from President Bush. The order used to say that a state could not give free care to a child (of a family) making more than the allotted salary unless at least 95% of the poor were getting the care.
Is it hard to judge 95%? Yes, I will agree. But now, it does not matter if the poor get care. All that matters is that anyone who wants free care can now get it, all at our expense.
Of course, groups like AMERIGROUP are loving it. They now get federally guaranteed money.
This administration is completely oblivious to reality. We cannot afford to continue to pay for everyone and everything. It cannot be sustained. I wish you all well, because the storm is brewing.
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Don’t think that the majority of liberals in Congress are a big deal? What if international law told you that you were no longer able to home school your child? What if you were not allowed to determine what religion your child worshipped?
You don’t think it can happen? Think again, because it already is.
Check out the treaty our beloved United Nations tried to get the USA to sign off on back in 1995.
Be sure and give thanks to the CONSERVATIVE movement that stopped it from being ratified after Madeline Albright, our U.S . ambassador to the UN, signed the thing.
Keep your eyes peeled. It is stuff like this that scares the hell out of me.
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I could not articulate my frustration any better than Glenn Beck does. Check out his video from last night’s show.
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Well, the administration got its first true legislation passed today, by a vote of 290-135-8. What this bill does is expand the health coverage to some 4 million children who might not otherwise have it.
Not a bad thing, yes?
Unless one considers the fact that the bill opens up the eligible to a higher income bracket, meaning that those targeted are NOT the poor as claimed, but to those who might otherwise afford their own care. Check out this summary to see where someone making 300% of the poverty level can now qualify for free care. (in context, poverty for my family is about 29K. So, I would be eligible up to 87K- yes, I am eligible and yes, I can easily afford my own). And, it isn’t just children who are eligible under this version, but adults as well.
Of course, the key to all of this is that there will now be a 61 cent tax on all tobacco products in order to fund this; a fact that as stated here previously means the poor will now have to pay the larger portion because the poor have the highest percentage of smokers.
This is how it is going to be, folks., We The People will be forced to pay it all. Of course, many are happy with that. Especially your congressmen and senators because they get full coverage even after leaving office- all on the taxpayer dime.
Keep the Vaseline close; it is going to be a long, hard, deep road.
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I found this comment on Allahpundit’s blog. It fits SO perfectly with the given topic. The commenter, Ellen, said the following:
I used to think that Patricia Schroeder was the stupidest woman in congress, then came Barbara Boxer. Now comes Pelosi. I have found the fountain of stupid.
Ellen on February 4, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Why would we be saying this you ask? Because of what Nancy Pelosi says in the below video:
Based on 500 million people per month, this means that every single man, woman and child in the USA will lose their jobs at a rate of nearly twice per month. Children beware! No more lemonade stands. No more lawn mowing. All is lost.
I would add that before this, Pelosi used the same number on a FOX News interview and was corrected. Why are our leaders such idiots?
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Credit must be given where it is due. For the past three years, the military has asked for an increase in premiums and copays for its active and retired personnel. It was done in an effort to get people to utilize 'other programs, such as employer (in the case of retirees) benefits instead of government insurance. As a result, the pentagon estimates a $1.6 billion annual savings.
All three years, the government rejected the proposal.
Now, Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Texas has introduced legislation to freeze then payments at their current amount. This comes on the heels of the Obama administration tasking the pentagon with coming up with a 10% cut in the military budget (a $55 billion dollar cut).
Nicely done, sir. And I, for one, and glad to see there are those in congress actually thinking ahead on my behalf. I will be honest, an increase would not overly stretch my resources. But the fact that there are those who are taking a stand for our troops, I will applaud them- regardless of party affiliation.
It is notable that similar legislation last year had 215 co-sponsors. Let us see how things go this year.
Check out the original article here.
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You have to admit, the Germans are some kick ass engineers. Watch and learn.
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Woot!
Score one for the RIGHT thing to do. Can we now actually nominate someone who was vetted?
On the other hand... that means I will have to pay my taxes now.. Dammit! Get Daschle back in there!
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Go here and watch. It isn't left or right. it is pure, true Americanism.
Spread the word.
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Ok, I give. I am never going to pay taxes.
Well, when Obama taps me for a cabinet post, I will then pay up. That way I can claim that I had MEANT to do it earlier, but never got around to it.
Read the latest and greatest on Obama's nominee's failure to pay up. Our Illustrious Potentate has the trifecta going.
I'm getting Hopey-Changey all over.
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I took some time off to do a bit of traveling. I had not been to see my mom or sisters in more years than I care to count. So this weekend, some family issues prompted me to pack up and make the 12 hour trek from Orlando to Adairville, KY (look it up, I promise, it IS there on the map... somewhere).
Now don't get me wrong, I do keep in contact. It is just that I don't TRAVEL much. After 20 years of the Navy, moving to a new station every 2-4 years, you get to appreciate staying put- even if it means not going to cool and exotic places (like the Persian Gulf) with the family.
So off to good old Adairville I went, blissfully unaware of the raging ice storm that had battered that part of the country. What was this you say? Ice storms? Power lines down? Did our main stream media not care about the fact that after a week of hardship, some 500,000 homes were still without power?
Did they not know that power went out due to ice storms on Monday and as of Friday FEMA still had not been mobilized?
Did they not know that states such as Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia were sending crews up to help repair the damage done by the storms?
Did they not know that the governor had mobilized all National Guardsman?
Did they not know that those in charge of the shelters were asking people to go south or to friends and family who did have power because they were overburdened with refugees? Or that the local Walmart was pillaged of most of their survival goods like water because of the severity of the problem?
My sister was one of the affected- albeit only briefly on a Wednesday. As an employee of LifeSkills, Inc it is her job to provide outpatient behavioral health services to folks up in Logan County. According to their mission statement, the behavioral health members provide mental and substance abuse counseling for area residents.
I am left here wondering if perhaps LifeSkills should offer their services to the White House. It is obvious that they are smoking crack and are in need of help by this fine organization. After all, not a peep has come from the administration. The governor of Kentucky has had to plead with Obama to release federal emergency aid to his great state. (Oh, and Obama has a history of cocaine use, so just maybe...)
Why has no one asked the questions: Where is FEMA? Where is the federal disaster relief? Where is the Red Cross?
Is it because these folks are a Red State? Is it because there are not a lot of reports about minority families being left out in the cold and ignored by their government? Is it because making amends with the Arab world and making us look better by closing Gitmo weighs more on the narrow mind of Obama than, say, saving the lives of the very people he swore to protect?
If LifeSkills is not going to offer their services to the White House, perhaps they can come help me. 'Stuff' like this is driving me crazy.
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