Upcoming Presidential Indoctrination
I previously posted this as a note on my facebook account, and thus there are some references to my “status updates” and comments made by some others. However, I think this information is valuable for all people to think about, and especially those with school age children in the Public School systems…
Tuesday, the president is scheduled to address children in the public school systems nation wide. Let me begin by saying, I see nothing wrong with that, and it was done by George H. W. Bush many years ago. I even this president could speak about the need for education, and how kids should work hard to achieve their goals so that they can be successful in life.
But, then this administration went a bit farther. They “worked with” the Department of Education to concoct a lesson plan for the different grade levels. Now, these lesson plans were not innocuous, asking kids what their goals in life or education were, or asking them what they hoped to accomplish. They planned to ask the children what they could do to help support the president. They planned to ask them how they were “inspired” by the president. While that may not seem too problematic, it begins with the assumption that all the kids (or more importantly, their parents) are in agreement with the current direction this administration is taking, and therefore want to help, or support him in his policies. The lesson plans did not leave much room for those who might dissent. The DOE also encouraged teachers to put up banners and posters with “great Obama sayings” from previous education speeches. Not influential people. Not all the presidents/politicians. Only President Obama. Again, not a problem? This type of propaganda is reminiscent of various world leaders of the past, none of which live fondly in my memory…
Perhaps some still don’t see why this is so upsetting to me. Perhaps we could make a quick comparison and see if the point sinks home. If President Bush, in the midst of falling poll numbers, while trying to drum up support for fighting the Iraq War, had done the same thing, Liberals would have hit the roof! Think about the timing of Obama’s address. He is trying to ram-rod through his “health care reform”, and is quickly losing support. He has lost so much support, he is calling a joint session of congress together to address his plan. That will come on Wednesday night, one day after the address to students. Think that is accidental? Nope! The American people are expressing their outrage at the Democrats intended rape of the health care system in America. In fact, there will be a gathering of over 60,000 people in southern WV on Labor day (wish I could go!) of people who are fighting against the socialized medicine plan that is being shoved through. By going into the schools, and addressing the children, Obama (I believe…remember, this post is my opinion) is trying to steal the thunder of the protesting conservatives. He is trying to have the children talking about what a great guy he is. He wants them telling their parents that he isn’t as bad as they thought. It is the typical liberal ploy…if you can’t get something you want now, start putting it in the school systems so that it will be accepted int he next generation. Haven’t seen it before? Ask yourself why Homosexual Marriage is now legal in at least 5 states. Yep, they followed the same plan!
Now, some have made the argument that we as conservatives (and perhaps Christians?) shouldn’t think we need to protect our children from things such as this. And, that this will give us the opportunity to talk to our children about it… I have a couple of thoughts. First, if we don’t realize it IS our responsibility to protect our children, then we have missed our God given responsibility. There are some things that our children just don’t need to be exposed to at age 6. Trust me, my children are not going to be taught about sex by a public school teacher in the first grade! I’m going to protect them from such ungodliness. I wonder how many people who make the “we can’t shelter them” argument take the same approach on the physical dangers of life? “I’m going to let them play in the road, I guess they will learn that’s a bad idea one way or the other.” Having said that, I am not sure (since I haven’t seen the text of the speech itself) that this issue is a “protect the children” issue. This is more of a political issue. It has to do with abuse of power, and politicizing the Department of Education. With the lesson plans that were originally released, the DOE was being used as a tool to drum up support for the president, rather than its intended purpose of educating our children.
This is why, in my original status update, I said this is proof that we should never have created the DOE. This is certainly not the first time that it has been abused. Public schools are supposed to educate our children, not indoctrinate them with the beliefs of the current administration. Every day, we see abuses. As mentioned before, tolerance of Homosexuality is propagated, as is support for the unfounded “science” of global warming and a plethora of other policies. The sad thing is, in the midst of all of these “additions”, many children still aren’t taught to read or do arithmetic! I think the actions of the White House in this issue have shown their complete distrust in the competency of the teachers in the public schools. Why would they have to release a lesson plan for the teachers? Does the Obama administration believe that teachers couldn’t use his speech as a teaching moment without guidance from them? Or were they just afraid that some might take the discussion in a different direction than he wants them to go? Obviously, they want the teachers to be used as an arm of the government to encourage the youth of America to get behind the president and his policies (regardless of what they are).
The uproar among conservatives over this has led to some changes in the “lesson plans” released by the DOE. Some of the “support” wording has been taken out now, which is a good thing. What has not been changed is the encouragement to virtually idolize this president over all of the other men and women that could be held up as educational examples.
As I said when I started this post, I am not opposed to the President addressing school children. But, we need to examine all that is going on. Number one, he is giving a speech to all school children at once, from Pre-K all the way through High School. Now, if that is the case, how can address them all on a level that is understood? Can he really inspire seniors in HS with the same language that is understandable by children who are 4 or 5 years old? Of course not. So the goal must simply mean to get him in front of all the kids, and leave a positive impression. How could parents be so upset with a man who is so nice? Second, the speech itself will either contain policy, or it won’t. If it is simply encouraging kids to continue in their education and do the best they can, that is great. However, if it includes the need for them to fight global warming, be more compassionate toward others (code for socialism in most cases) and the need for “health care for all”, then it crosses the line. We don’t need any president campaigning to those that are 5 years old! Third, the propaganda that goes along with this speech is disturbing. Posters flaunting the greatness of this president can be classified as nothing less than propaganda.
Could this be done in a way that does not raise the ire of conservatives? Of course. But, this president, despite all of his claims to “bipartisanship” seems to constantly make decisions to inflame conservatives. I think it is a joke now to look back and see the accusations of the lack of bipartisanship on the part of George W. Bush and the Republicans (which actually had many, many pieces of legislation developed from reaching “across the aisle”) when considering the ram-rod governing we seem to have now! But, how could this be changed?
First, keep the DOE out of it. Teachers and school systems do not need specific lesson plans handed out to schools to tell them just how to use the president’s speech to his betterment. Second, make sure the speech itself is apolitical. There should be no policy, such as the need for universal health care, or the need for the students to fight global warming. Third, If you are going to ask questions, give the opportunity for students to voice disagreement with the president. Fourth, get rid of the posters. At the very least, put up posters of more than just the current president.
I know this is long, and that most will not read it all. But, this is why I think the speech on Tuesday is such a bad idea. I would not pull my kid out to “protect” them, I’d pull my kid out in protest of the abuse of the DOE by this White House, and attempt of this administration to indoctrinate the children with the greatness of this president, especially in the midst of his losing battle on health care reform.
Here’s an article to take a look at with some more info on the plan itself:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/02/wh-withdraws-call-students-help-obama/
I also thought I’d add a couple of videos that were pointed out to me, that should make people think about what is happening in this country. People are now virtually worshiping the man, Barak Obama, instead of recognizing him as being our elected official, and thus the servant to the people. The first video is one that reminds me of Hitler’s Youth:
The second is a PSA, asking people to basically pledge their loyalties to Obama, and his causes. Notice that many of the “pledges” seem to be very good in nature, but many of them are merely supporting Liberal Obama policy. Some are essentially deceitful, using the wording of conservative movements (like Alyssa Milano’s “I pledge to have a voice for those who have none” statement, taken directly from Pro-life members) to be applied to liberal policy. In the end, we are asked to pledge ourselves to the president. Are you kidding me? Can you even imagine the outrage if a conservative put out something as extreme as this?
It is time to say, “NO!” to all of this nonsense. Perhaps, it is time to get rid of some of the nonsense that can’t be paid for in the public schools today, and teach some good old fashioned civics. Maybe then, administrations that grab power like this one could never be put into the office!
Tea Parties Galore…and Bogus Reporting…
Yesterday, April 15, 2009, I was able to attend one of the hundreds of tea parties that were going on across America. The one I attended was in Charleston, WV. Granted, we are a smaller state, but there was still a very respectable turn out for a nasty, cold, rainy day. I wish the weather had not been so bad, so that I could have some pictures of the day.
I am amazed as I listen to and watch the news today and see the reporting of the tea parties in the news. First, the news channels seem to be intentionally underestimating the numbers of people who were in attendance. Our own local news reported that “at least 500 people” came to the Charleston Tea Party. I have been blessed to speak in front of over 350 people at one time. I know what 500 people looks like. There were at least 1000 people present, and I would guess in the neighborhood of 1500-2000. Interestingly enough, when it is liberals protesting, they always overestimate. Remember the Million Man March, that didn’t even get close to that number, but was reported as being very close, if not over? Yeah…double standard.
And, then there is CNN. Journalists must be so proud to see reporting such as this. Quite frankly, this woman gives even journalists a bad name!
That is journalism? Come on now. This reporter was not reporting, she was intentionally trying to be combative with a protester. She didn’t want to know what he was doing there, she wanted to argue with him about all the great benefits he gets from Obama being president. If this network is not in the pocket of the Obama Administration, then I sure don’t know who would be!
Notice, this reporter completely misrepresented what was happening. And, the anchors in the news room did the same thing. They acted like this was some kind of violent upheaval. They acted like it was not “family viewing” (which, incidentally, was a slap at the man who had his daughter at the rally). So, it is not “family viewing” to see conservatives voice their opinion, but we have to watch unending coverage of protests like the “Million Man March”.
So, if you are getting your news from CNN, let me set you straight. The Tea Parties were not violent. They were not “anti-government” as CNN reported. They were, in fact, designed to bring government back to where it is supposed to be. Speakers encouraged attendees to write to their congressmen and women, to write to senators to try and get them to affect the change that is necessary. The most violent proposal made was to vote out those who would not listen to the will of the people. Folks, that is not “anti-American”, it is purely American! Funny, it was truly American when it was the left trying to get Bush voted out, but it is Anti-American when it is conservatives trying to get the liberals voted out. Again, see the double standard here? One observation: Conservatives never try to stop liberals from voicing their opinions, or exercising their rights under the constitution. But, Liberals are constantly trying to do just that–as was clearly shown in the CNN piece.
One final observation before I close today. Conservatives are so much more creative than liberals. I wish I had pictures of the great signs that were made up at the Charleston Tea Party. Obviously these folks were able to think for themselves, and creatively voice their opinions and concerns. Liberals have moveon.org print signs for them. They don’t have to think. They don’t have to articulate. They just read the script. It is refreshing being of a mind to think and act for oneself.
AIG CEO Resignation Letter
Every American should read the following letter. It is the resignation letter of an AIG CEO in response to the way they have been treated by the company and the federal and state government. You think he is as evil as the press has made him out to be? This letter was published (perhaps too late to do any good) in the NY Times.
DEAR Mr. Liddy,
It is with deep regret that I submit my notice of resignation from A.I.G. Financial Products. I hope you take the time to read this entire letter. Before describing the details of my decision, I want to offer some context:
I am proud of everything I have done for the commodity and equity divisions of A.I.G.-F.P. I was in no way involved in — or responsible for — the credit default swap transactions that have hamstrung A.I.G. Nor were more than a handful of the 400 current employees of A.I.G.-F.P. Most of those responsible have left the company and have conspicuously escaped the public outrage.
After 12 months of hard work dismantling the company — during which A.I.G. reassured us many times we would be rewarded in March 2009 — we in the financial products unit have been betrayed by A.I.G. and are being unfairly persecuted by elected officials. In response to this, I will now leave the company and donate my entire post-tax retention payment to those suffering from the global economic downturn. My intent is to keep none of the money myself.
I take this action after 11 years of dedicated, honorable service to A.I.G. I can no longer effectively perform my duties in this dysfunctional environment, nor am I being paid to do so. Like you, I was asked to work for an annual salary of $1, and I agreed out of a sense of duty to the company and to the public officials who have come to its aid. Having now been let down by both, I can no longer justify spending 10, 12, 14 hours a day away from my family for the benefit of those who have let me down.
You and I have never met or spoken to each other, so I’d like to tell you about myself. I was raised by schoolteachers working multiple jobs in a world of closing steel mills. My hard work earned me acceptance to M.I.T., and the institute’s generous financial aid enabled me to attend. I had fulfilled my American dream.
I started at this company in 1998 as an equity trader, became the head of equity and commodity trading and, a couple of years before A.I.G.’s meltdown last September, was named the head of business development for commodities. Over this period the equity and commodity units were consistently profitable — in most years generating net profits of well over $100 million. Most recently, during the dismantling of A.I.G.-F.P., I was an integral player in the pending sale of its well-regarded commodity index business to UBS. As you know, business unit sales like this are crucial to A.I.G.’s effort to repay the American taxpayer.
The profitability of the businesses with which I was associated clearly supported my compensation. I never received any pay resulting from the credit default swaps that are now losing so much money. I did, however, like many others here, lose a significant portion of my life savings in the form of deferred compensation invested in the capital of A.I.G.-F.P. because of those losses. In this way I have personally suffered from this controversial activity — directly as well as indirectly with the rest of the taxpayers.
I have the utmost respect for the civic duty that you are now performing at A.I.G. You are as blameless for these credit default swap losses as I am. You answered your country’s call and you are taking a tremendous beating for it.
But you also are aware that most of the employees of your financial products unit had nothing to do with the large losses. And I am disappointed and frustrated over your lack of support for us. I and many others in the unit feel betrayed that you failed to stand up for us in the face of untrue and unfair accusations from certain members of Congress last Wednesday and from the press over our retention payments, and that you didn’t defend us against the baseless and reckless comments made by the attorneys general of New York and Connecticut.
My guess is that in October, when you learned of these retention contracts, you realized that the employees of the financial products unit needed some incentive to stay and that the contracts, being both ethical and useful, should be left to stand. That’s probably why A.I.G. management assured us on three occasions during that month that the company would “live up to its commitment” to honor the contract guarantees.
That may be why you decided to accelerate by three months more than a quarter of the amounts due under the contracts. That action signified to us your support, and was hardly something that one would do if he truly found the contracts “distasteful.”
That may also be why you authorized the balance of the payments on March 13.
At no time during the past six months that you have been leading A.I.G. did you ask us to revise, renegotiate or break these contracts — until several hours before your appearance last week before Congress.
I think your initial decision to honor the contracts was both ethical and financially astute, but it seems to have been politically unwise. It’s now apparent that you either misunderstood the agreements that you had made — tacit or otherwise — with the Federal Reserve, the Treasury, various members of Congress and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo of New York, or were not strong enough to withstand the shifting political winds.
You’ve now asked the current employees of A.I.G.-F.P. to repay these earnings. As you can imagine, there has been a tremendous amount of serious thought and heated discussion about how we should respond to this breach of trust.
As most of us have done nothing wrong, guilt is not a motivation to surrender our earnings. We have worked 12 long months under these contracts and now deserve to be paid as promised. None of us should be cheated of our payments any more than a plumber should be cheated after he has fixed the pipes but a careless electrician causes a fire that burns down the house.
Many of the employees have, in the past six months, turned down job offers from more stable employers, based on A.I.G.’s assurances that the contracts would be honored. They are now angry about having been misled by A.I.G.’s promises and are not inclined to return the money as a favor to you.
The only real motivation that anyone at A.I.G.-F.P. now has is fear. Mr. Cuomo has threatened to “name and shame,” and his counterpart in Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, has made similar threats — even though attorneys general are supposed to stand for due process, to conduct trials in courts and not the press.
So what am I to do? There’s no easy answer. I know that because of hard work I have benefited more than most during the economic boom and have saved enough that my family is unlikely to suffer devastating losses during the current bust. Some might argue that members of my profession have been overpaid, and I wouldn’t disagree.
That is why I have decided to donate 100 percent of the effective after-tax proceeds of my retention payment directly to organizations that are helping people who are suffering from the global downturn. This is not a tax-deduction gimmick; I simply believe that I at least deserve to dictate how my earnings are spent, and do not want to see them disappear back into the obscurity of A.I.G.’s or the federal government’s budget. Our earnings have caused such a distraction for so many from the more pressing issues our country faces, and I would like to see my share of it benefit those truly in need.
On March 16 I received a payment from A.I.G. amounting to $742,006.40, after taxes. In light of the uncertainty over the ultimate taxation and legal status of this payment, the actual amount I donate may be less — in fact, it may end up being far less if the recent House bill raising the tax on the retention payments to 90 percent stands. Once all the money is donated, you will immediately receive a list of all recipients.
This choice is right for me. I wish others at A.I.G.-F.P. luck finding peace with their difficult decision, and only hope their judgment is not clouded by fear.
Mr. Liddy, I wish you success in your commitment to return the money extended by the American government, and luck with the continued unwinding of the company’s diverse businesses — especially those remaining credit default swaps. I’ll continue over the short term to help make sure no balls are dropped, but after what’s happened this past week I can’t remain much longer — there is too much bad blood. I’m not sure how you will greet my resignation, but at least Attorney General Blumenthal should be relieved that I’ll leave under my own power and will not need to be “shoved out the door.”
Sincerely,
Jake DeSantis
Glenn Beck Gets It Right…
I have been saying for weeks that the Obama administration has been pulling a Clinton diversion. He draws attention to one hand (something that is relatively unimportant) while doing something with the other that is devastating (but out of sight). How many have been fooled by this type of action? Lets take a little test… How many of you think that Rush Limbaugh’s speech at CEPAC was a vitally important news story? How many of you think that AIG is the biggest problem of the day? If you buy either of those, then you are watching the wrong hand! Glenn Beck got it right. Check out this video from Fox News:
And, if you have time, check out this next video as well. In it, Glenn is addressing the reasons why we cannot tax the AIG bonuses back. Fortunately for us (and our rule of law) most of the AIG execs have decided to give their bonuses back. Of course, that was probably a move of self preservation. The government was trying to put them in a dangerous situation in which their names were released so that everyone would know what who they were and where they lived. What do you think might have happened? Yeah, no wonder these people are for card check…same problems… Anyway, here’s the video:
None of the big conservative talk show hosts speaks for me. I speak for myself. But it is nice to see that they are sending out the same message (to a much larger audience) that I try to send out. We are not alone. We surround them. Check out the 9/12 Project!
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When in a Hole…STOP DIGGING!
Things just go from bad to worse when we rely upon our government to fix it. They came to help, and spent $700+ billion. They had to help again and spent $400+billion. Lo and behold, it didn’t help at all. In fact, the incompetence of Tim Geithner the tax payers are currently on the hook for $165 million in bonuses to the should be defunct AIG. Now, that may not seem like a lot in the scheme of things, but to those of us living in the real world, instead of President Obama’s world where money seems to grow on trees, it is a tremendous amount of money. Let me put it this way, just give me that bonus money, and I am sure the economy will be stimulated just fine.
Now, to try to cover their black eye, the democrats are scrambling to try to tax the bonus money away from the AIG execs, and any other companies that receive bail out money. The disappointing thing is that many of the House Republicans have joined in on this pitchfork like assault on the company, without any thought of the consequences. Fortunately, this time it is Senate Republicans that are making the congress slow down and reconsider their actions. The democrats are trying to hurry the legislation through, taxing 90%+ of the bonus money.
According to an article posted at Fox News, the bill would not only tax bonuses in the future, but would be retroactive to January of 2009. Isn’t that a great idea? The government deciding that they can go back in time and take money away by taxes that you earned in the past? Now, I know that many people are upset about these bonuses, and I am one of them. But, can we not see the precedent that is set by this thinking? There are at least two principles that are very serious in nature here. First, the idea of the government taxing 90-100% of any one’s income is ludicrous. Secondly, the idea of taxing money that was made before legislation was passed. Simply put, if the government decides that you make too much money, then they can pass legislation to go back and get “their share.” Of course, we invited this kind of problem by electing a man that promised class warfare–taxing people more if they make more than a predetermined amount of money ($250,000 currently).
The bottom line here is that the government needs to stop helping. None of this would be an issue if they had not foolishly decided to spend nearly $800 billion to bail out companies that were practicing bad business and running themselves out of business. AIG would not have tanked the whole economy…they would have restructured, and cut the fat. They would have cut out the unprofitable sections of the business, and probably would have recovered. But, even if they failed, some other company would step up to fill the void. It happens every time if the government doesn’t decide to “help”. That is why we are a capitalist nation, not a socialist nation. If you haven’t figured it out yet, socialism has never worked, and the Obama Administration’s new flavor isn’t working either. It just causes more and more problems.
We do not need more legislation trying to fix a bad problem. This administration messed up. They appointed Geithner (who is supposed to be the smartest man in America, and yet can’t figure out how to pay his own taxes) to the Treasury Secretary. He has blown every opportunity to improve the economy, only making it worse. It is time to stop trying to fix things with bad principles. But, I know that probably isn’t going to happen. We will see more of the same in the months ahead. We will see the congress rushing to try to fix things that they “didn’t see coming” and yet are so obvious to the rest of us.
Note to companies: if you don’t want the government running you, don’t take their tainted money!
Why Liberals Will Continue to Fail…
The talk has been rampaging around Rush Limbaugh’s comments concerning his desire for the policies of President Obama to fail. Of course, most of the press have completely ignored the context of Rush’s statements, and even misquote him most of the time. But, that is overlooked…just our normal acceptance of bad journalism in this country. But, I digress…
Why will liberals in general continue to fail? Because they cannot think for themselves. They simply cannot articulate why they think their position is good for the country. Why else would Rush be such a big “news item” on the liberal channels, and among the liberal talk shows. These people are incapable of rational thought, and articulation of a valuable view point. Let me give you one example. While searching the net today, I came across this broadcast on CNN of Ariana Huffington (of the (in)famous Huffington Post) being interviewed by Larry King. Huffington had an agenda going on the show, and was incapable of moving away from her own scripted agenda to actually answer the questions that were asked by King:
Now, I don’t expect you to watch the whole video. It becomes unbearable to hear Huffington talk about conservatives re-writing history. Interestingly enough one of the conservatives on the show did a good job of actually going back to the root of the problems that we are facing right now (and that was before the Bush administration, just to give you a hint). The second liberal on the show was a talk show host, Stephanie Miller. She had a jolly good time ridiculing Limbaugh, which I think is hilarious. Let’s put it this way, I doubt Limbaugh even know who this woman is. From what I can tell, her show is on in 61 cities, and has ratings that rival watching paint dry. What you will see in her is nothing but professional envy. I mean, come on, going back to a Limbaugh drug joke? You have to be kidding me! Talk about not writing any new material, in what, 10 years? These liberal talk show “giants” can’t even be successful enough to float without intervention from the government. Limbaugh has more listeners in the first 10 minutes of his show on Monday than this woman probably has during a month of broadcasts!
This interview continues to show the problem that has been evident for at least the last 8 years, and probably even longer. Liberals have nothing more than “its the conservatives fault…vote for our guy.” There is no plan. There is no solution. There is only blame. Huffington claims the conservatives re-write history, and yet Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton are never discussed as a source of the problems we face. Folks, that is revisionist history. I grant that the Bush administration was a part of the problem fiscally. They enacted far too many liberal agenda type policies. Expanding of entitlement policy is certainly not a “conservative value”! However, the intervention of the government into lending practices during the Carter and Clinton administrations are far more responsible for the housing crisis (and thus the economic crisis) in the US today!
Even as the Obama administration flounders, the best we can get is that it is all Bush’s fault. Well, you know waht? At some point maybe they ought to try and do something productive. The fact of the matter is that the Obama administration is failing miserably. They are not getting us out of the current recession, and will fail to do so if they continue on the path that they have chosen. They are masterfully following the Clinton playbook. They try to distract us from the real issues and their colossal failures by acting like Limbaugh is a real news story.
Obama’s policies, and liberals in general will not fail because Rush Limbaugh wishes it so. They will fail because (regardless of how the media reports it) most Americans simply will not tolerate socialism. Every step that is taken in that direction will further solidify the American people against the policies that are being enacted. Look at the Obama poll numbers…they have been steadily in decline since his first day in office.
As for Limbaugh’s comments wishing the Obama policies to fail? I think he is right. I just wish those policies had failed prior to the enactment of the policies that will cause thousands if not millions of more babies to die world wide.
The State of Our Money Address…
As I watch the president speak to congress tonight, my stomach turns. I believe that Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi have springs under their butts making them jump up at every whim of the president. In case you didn’t notice it, Pelosi is reading the teleprompter over the shoulder of the president. I’m just wondering, could there be any greater shysters in the country than the two sitting over the shoulder of the president?
Seriously, if you can get past the revolting view behind the president, you might hear a bit of what he is saying. There is some irony to the speech. The whole speech is about how much more of your (and my) money he is intending to spend. This is beyond the almost 900 billion that he spent last week, and the 200 billion that he spent this week. Oh yeah, and then he had a “Fiscal Responsibility Summit” at the White House yesterday. Dick Morris said in an interview yesterday, “That’s like having Mike Tyson convene a summit on domestic violence.” Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. It would be funny if it were not so serious. Ok, it is funny. We might as well laugh, cause the government will be laughing all the way to the bank. Probably the bank they will be bailing out next week. Ok, I said seriously, but I guess I really didn’t mean it.
I am amazed that people think that all of this spending is going to be a good thing. President Obama just told us in this speech that he wants us to have a “cradle to the grave” society. We have to make sure that everyone has everything that they need from the time that they are born until they die. From this speech, all I have found out is that we are in a world of hurt financially. There is no way, without huge tax increases that we can possibly pay for all the pet projects of this President. But, we might as well get ready for it, as there is no way to stop it with the current political environment.
Now to his great plan for the deficit. He tells us that he will cut the deficit in half over the next four years. Folks, there is only one way for that to happen. Tax increases are coming. If you believe this line that your taxes aren’t going up unless you make over $250,000, then I have some property you might like to buy. You see, Obama is still saying that 95% of working families will get a tax cut. Do you ever wonder how 95% can get a tax cut when only 62% pay taxes? If you do that math, it means that people who do not pay taxes will be receiving a check. Folks, it is not from the government they are getting that check, it is from the 62% of us that already pay! If you can’t figure out what that is called, let me help you out. It’s socialism.
I think I must be watching a Saturday Night Political special. The man impersonating the president just made the statement that he was proud that they passed the recovery plan that had no earmarks. No earmarks? I guess he didn’t read it either…like all the rest of the democrats that voted for that monstrosity.
Obama tries to act like he is going to be tough on terrorism? You have to be kidding me! There was no one tougher on terrorism than President Bush, and we know that because we have a prison full of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. At least we did. Until President Obama decided that we need to shut it down, regardless of the fact that all investigations have shown that it has been run in compliance with the Geneva Convention. President Obama promises that he will make us safer? How? By allowing the terrorist to walk out of prison and back into the general populace, just like he did yesterday? Let’s ask the family members of the USS Cole whether this was a bright idea or not.
Folks, the “other shoe” dropped for me yesterday. I was trying to figure out why the dems had to push the spending bill through, and inserted so much garbage that should have been voted on in the general budget. I got the answer when I found out that the president was going to cut the deficit in half over the next 4 years. Then, I heard that the bailout was not a part of the “budget”. That’s right, it doesn’t count in the deficit, even though it is nearly a trillion dollars on the books. So, they got their spending, without having it go against the budget. I think I will do that with my “budget” at home. I’ll just count my spending on my pet projects as not being “in the budget” so that I don’t have to worry about it when I pay my bills. Yeah, it doesn’t work that way, and it shouldn’t work that way with the Obama administration either. They intentionally put their earmarks in the bailout so that they didn’t have to try and get it passed in the budget. Dishonest? Yeah. There is also hypocrisy in the complaint that he “inherited a trillion dollar deficit”, when he was a part of bringing on that deficit (he voted for the budgets as well), and he spent a trillion dollars himself! I guess if the Republicans are responsible, then it is bad, if the Democrats are responsible, then it is good. Here’s a newsflash–Both are bad!
This speech was proported to be “Reaganesque”. There is no way that President Obama will ever be like Ronald Reagan. I’m not sure why he wants to be. It is funny to me how he tries to allign himself with the greatest of Republican presidents (Lincoln and Reagan), when in fact he is nothing like them. The media has him as one of the greatest presidents ever, even though he has only been president for 35 days. It’s not possible to be among the greats in that short a period of time, but it is possible to be one of the worst. He is well on his way on that side. He has spent a tremendous amount of money for things that are unnessesary. So, Reaganesque? Not so much. I wish he would compare himself to the presidents that he is really like–FDR maybe?
Now, I am waiting on Bobby Jindal to speak. I am hoping that he is going to be the answer fo those of us who are conservative fiscally and morally. He is already turning down the stimulus money–more should do it! We are only 35 days in…but there is some hope in 4 years!
A New Voice for The Little Man?
It is hard to believe that CNBC would even allow this man to talk on their channel. Just listen…and hope for more who will speak up against the insanity that is becoming our government…
Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone would figure it out that most Americans have no desire to pay for their neighbor’s house? What a novel idea…pay for your own house!
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More Change than You can Shake a Trillion Dollars At!
I’ve got to tell you, I am ticked off to no end. I just finished watching Nancy Pelosi address the country and tell us how history is already dictating that Barack Obama is one of the greatest presidents ever. Why? Because he managed to pass a huge spending package faster than any president ever before him. According to Pelosi, Obama has just given us the biggest tax cut for middle income Americans ever. Yeah, I can hardly wait for that $13 per week! Wait a minute…I won’t be getting it…I am self employed, and pay twice as much already as the normal person…
Quite frankly, if this man was as great as all the dems keep telling us he is, they wouldn’t have to keep telling us. Every time Pelosi opens her mouth, she is praising this man like he truly is the messiah they claimed him to be in during the election. This type of leader worship is nothing new to the world. There have been many such “great leaders”, and President Obama seems to be in their mold. Hitler. Stalin. The Caesars. Seriously, did you all see the nutcase at one of his town hall meetings? You know, the ones where he only allows in the cry babies who demand that the government give them all that they want. This guy wants Obama to give him more benefits for working at McDonald’s. Yeah, step in there President. I know I want to pay $10 for my Sausage McMuffin.
The only thing different between that guy’s worship and that of Nancy Pelosi is that she was slightly more reserved in her demeanor.
Back to this bloated Spending Bill. You can deceive yourself into believing it is a stimulus bill if you want, but you are just as insane as the Democrats who passed the bill in the House. This bill is a waste of my money. If you want to stimulate MY economy, give me my money back. Give the small businesses their money back so that they can hire another person. Give the big corporations some money back, so that they can hire a lot more people. If Pelosi thinks this is the biggest tax cut for middle class Americans ever, it is no wonder she can’t see how bad this bill is. She simply cannot do the math. I’m middle class, and I got a whole lot more money from the Bush tax cuts than I will get from this farce of a “tax cut” involved in this ridiculous spending bill.
Folks, we are going to get this monstrosity of a bill shoved down our throats. The Dems in congress are following along after Barack Obama blindly–they are voting for this simply because he said it is the right thing to do. How do I know this? They have not had nearly enough time to read the bill, let alone understand it well enough to make an informed decision. Heil Obama. Goosestepping and all. I am not surprised that the Dems had to force this through quickly. Regardless of Pelosi’s claim that this is “for the American people”, those of us with our eyes open can see that this will be good money thrown after bad. It is not going to help me and you. All this is going to do is give even more power to the government, making sure that they have control over nearly every aspect of private enterprise (there’s a concept that won’t be with us much longer!) Where in the world are the honest, and honorable Democrats who will stand up and make a decision for themselves? I’m with Glen Beck on this one. Go ahead and vote for it, but at least make an informed vote! Read the bill, and study the impact first. Don’t just do something so that you can go on TV and tell the American people that you did something. Or, as in the case of Nanci Pelosi, vote for something so that you can get on your way to Europe to rub elbows with your fellow socialists.
We have learned much through this process. We have learned that Barack Obama was certainly not honest in his inaugural address, when he said that the government under him would be transparent, and that they would change the way of doing things in Washington, and that they would be more accountable to the American people. None of that is true. This is his first major legislation, and he has already violated all of those principles! Transparency? We aren’t even allowed to know what is in the finished bill before it is being voted on. The speed with which they have moved is astounding, leaving little to no time for debate, and certainly keeping the constituents of these congressmen in the dark so that they cannot possibly voice their opinions (at least intellegently) to their representatives. This follows the pattern that has been established: The government knows better what to do for you, and how to do it, than you do. You don’t need to have any real imput.
I am proud of the House Republicans for standing up to this arrogance and bullying from the White House and their collegues in the House. They were not going to be buffaloed into voting for a bad bill. When (not if) this nonsense causes even further problems, at least the Democrats cannot try to “share” the blame. Now, if the Senate Republicans would take a stand. I think most of them will, but I’m sure the Dems can count on at least 3 RHINOs to step up and help them out…they got them the first time around. I guess Arlen Specter likes to be wined and dined in the White House (as Laura Ingram said).
This is a trillion dollar bill. I know, if you are like me, you can’t really comprehend that much money. The Democrats are counting on that. We are so hardened to the concept that we (as a society) swallow bills like this hook line and sinker. But, remember, this is just the beginning. Nanci Pelosi is so proud that Obama has been able to spend this much money in just a few weeks. Go ahead and multiply that out over the next four years. Yeah, my calculator doesn’t even go up that high. Get used to it. We will be spending a ton of money over the next 4 years (if we are lucky, it won’t be 8), and we will never be able to repay it. Your great-grandchildren will be paying the debt, and probably won’t even be close to getting it paid off.
Will we ever get back to a time of fiscal responsibility? It is time to cut the spending, put money back in people’s pockets, and stop trying to rely on government to fix everything all the time. Get over it America. Ingenuity has popped us out of depressions before. Quit whining and get to work on something new. If RVs aren’t selling, figure out how to make something that will sell. Have a little pride. Don’t ask the government to bail you out–do it for yourself!
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The Anointed One’s First Press Conference!
With bated breath, we have all been sitting, waiting on the nearly ex-cathedra proclamations that were sure to come. I’m sure the die hard libs are not disappointed, but then they were impressed with the inauguration speech too. I guess when you are blinded by the spotlights, the stars shine bright in your eyes. Personally, I was not impressed at all. We had 57 minutes of a man who could do little more than whine about the previous administration, and what they left behind, as well as blasting the Republicans in Congress for actually standing up against his ridiculously inflated spending bill.
I am amazed at the duplicity of this President. During the campaign, any mention of needing a strong president that could and would fight against terrorism was attacked as being “alarmist” or “scare tactics.” But, when elected this same man takes up the mantra of the democrats telling us that we are all going to go bankrupt if this “stimulus plan” is not passed today. Do you think that would classify as scare tactics? Yeah, I think so. Especially considering that the current recession is nothing like the one from the 1930s that President Obama is so fond of referring to. In fact, the current recession is not anything like what President Reagan inherited in the earl 80s. I’m curious…did Reagan continually repeat a condemnation of the administration that went before him for wrecking the economy? I doubt it.
If Obama really wanted to do something about the economy, he would follow Reagan’s plan. He cut taxes! He didn’t say that the only way out was to rely upon the government. I don’t know how many times I have heard over the last couple of days that the private sector cannot possibly do anything to help us get out of this recession. That is insane. The mentality in Washington right now is that we should just turn everything over to the government, give them more of our money, and let them create jobs for us. The problem is, if you let the government create the jobs, then you have government jobs. The government does not produce anything, and so there is nothing to sell to make a profit of any kind. So, you have a bunch of jobs that do nothing significant for the economy in the long run! The only way that government jobs will stimulate the economy is if the government takes over the production of goods or services. That, my friends, is full blown socialism. And that is where we are headed if we let the mentality continue to rule the day! Besides, we all know what a good job the government does when it takes over anything. I know one thing, I’m going to start selling those nifty $500 hammers when that day comes!
Another thing that I found interesting with the press conference tonight was how fake it was. It was completely staged, with President Obama having prescreened who was allowed to speak and when. It would not surprise me if he had the gist of the questions as well. It is amazing to me that the press, though they crucified Bush, still had a good repoir with him. With Obama, the conference was like another power move. He was going to ensure that they stayed in their place. I know he has to control the conference, and Bush did that well. But, Obama just wasn’t going to let any real tough questions be asked. By the way, I would like for the press to be consistent. I want to see them bash Obama for his complete inablity to put a sentence together with any eloquence. Bush was an idiot because he stumbled over words. What is Obama’s excuse? He could have cut that 57 minute press conference down to 30 minutes if he could cut out just half of the “umms.” I guess it is ok for him, since he is under so much pressure…
I am so tired of the arrogance of this president as well. When Republicans held the presidency and both houses of Congress, all we heard was that they had to work together with the Democrats, and that they had to be bipartisan. Now, Obama speaks condescendingly toward the Republicans, assuring them that they will be consulted. That is a joke. That was made clear by the vote on the spending bill in the House. there was a reason that not a single Republican voted for it. For Obama to act like they were being dishonest by not voting for the bill is dishonest on his part! That bill had nothing to do with them. If the Democrats are so confident in this bill, why are they complaining that the House Republicans won’t vote for it? They are not needed, so what does it matter? They simply don’t want to take the blame alone when this bloated bill fails to actually stimulate the economy.
Face it folks, this bill is not about stimulating the economy. It is about getting all of the liberal programs paid for through scare tactics, so that it does not have to be done under the general budget, where it should be. If they can scare the American people into accepting it now, it will be much easier than later. And so, we are going to be strapped with a trillion dollars more in government spending. Thanks. That’ll work to whittle down that National Debt!
Look at the bright side: at least now we have a president who can say “nuclear” correctly. He can’t stop nations from having “nuclear bombs”, but he can at least say it right. I feel much better now…
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