Obama, one year ago:
You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them,... And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion...
Obama, August 20, 2009:
He told the religious leaders, "I need you to spread the facts and speak the truth."
"There's been a lot of misinformation," Obama said, complaining about people who are "bearing false witness."
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
"The Chickens are Organizing!"
Why is it that whenever normal United States citizens wish to step up and be heard, it is viewed as an organizational effort backed by a subversive group out to undermine the efforts of the well-meaning, all-knowing legislators. The current flap over the so-called 'outbursts' at town hall meetings makes me ill. Why shouldn't people ask their representatives to read the health care bill before they put their stamp of approval on it?
Frankly, I'm offended. The idiots in Washington have no faith in the intelligence and common-sense of the American people. Wait a minute!! Perhaps their lack of faith is rooted in the fact that enough 'intelligent' people were 'smart' enough to vote them into office in the first place. hmmmmm....
Frankly, I'm offended. The idiots in Washington have no faith in the intelligence and common-sense of the American people. Wait a minute!! Perhaps their lack of faith is rooted in the fact that enough 'intelligent' people were 'smart' enough to vote them into office in the first place. hmmmmm....
Thursday, August 6, 2009
'Fishy, fishy.... "
Time to step up and do the right thing here. Report your neighbor, your co-worker, your kids for 'fishy' speech that spreads 'disinformation' about the proposed health reform bill. Do it now, before it's too late!!
Story
From the White House Blog:
See it here: Link to White House Blog post
I'm going to turn in my cat. He's been passing fishy information all morning. (Could be the tuna cat treats, but I can't be positive.)
BTW. the e-mail address is: flag@whitehouse.gov
We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still. ~John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859
Even more profound considering no one has seen the latest version of the bill and they don't plan to release it until they return from August recess.
Story
From the White House Blog:
There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.
See it here: Link to White House Blog post
I'm going to turn in my cat. He's been passing fishy information all morning. (Could be the tuna cat treats, but I can't be positive.)
BTW. the e-mail address is: flag@whitehouse.gov
We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still. ~John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859
Even more profound considering no one has seen the latest version of the bill and they don't plan to release it until they return from August recess.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Wake Up Middle America!
It's all your fault! All you SUV-driving, latte-sipping, soccer-kid shuttlers out there! You brought us to this mess, now you're gonna pay, and your kids are gonna pay, and your kids' kids are gonna pay.
This from the Associated Press in an article where they outline the juicy details of the stimulus plan:
SOURCE
Oh, the shame. And here I thought all those 18-wheelers were heavier than an SUV. Thank you, AP, for educating us on the evil SUV forces that destroy our bridges and highways.
This from the Associated Press in an article where they outline the juicy details of the stimulus plan:
Highways repaved for the first time in decades. Century-old waterlines dug up and replaced with new pipes. Aging bridges, stressed under the weight of today's SUVs, reinforced with fresh steel and concrete
SOURCE
Oh, the shame. And here I thought all those 18-wheelers were heavier than an SUV. Thank you, AP, for educating us on the evil SUV forces that destroy our bridges and highways.
In His Own Words....
"I don't want to pretend that today marks the end of our economic problems. Nor does it constitute all of what we have to do to turn our economy around. But today does mark the beginning of the end," the president said.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
They're Dropping Like Flies!!
Daschle Withdraws:
Former senator Tom Daschle came under scrutiny over failure to pay $140,000 in taxesSOURCE
UN-BE-LIEVABLE!!
If our so-called 'leaders' can't figure out how to pay their taxes (Okay, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt here that they simply 'forgot' or 'didn't know') why do they expect us to be able to wade through the quagmire of tax rules and regulations and pay our taxes?
"But Ms. Killefer, 55 years old, failed to pay employment taxes on household help for a year and a half, the Associated Press reported. In 2005, the AP said, the District of Columbia filed a $946.69 tax lien on her home for failure to pay the unemployment compensation tax." SOURCE
Apparently, it was an error that was corrected in five months. Where's the outcry by women??
The woman with a $900 tax problem (and a conscience) withdraws her appointment. Meanwhile, the three stooges with a $100,000+ tax debt each (Rangle, Daschle and Geitner) aren't withdrawing or resigning. And their tax debt didn't come to light and was not corrected until the vetting process.
"But Ms. Killefer, 55 years old, failed to pay employment taxes on household help for a year and a half, the Associated Press reported. In 2005, the AP said, the District of Columbia filed a $946.69 tax lien on her home for failure to pay the unemployment compensation tax." SOURCE
Apparently, it was an error that was corrected in five months. Where's the outcry by women??
The woman with a $900 tax problem (and a conscience) withdraws her appointment. Meanwhile, the three stooges with a $100,000+ tax debt each (Rangle, Daschle and Geitner) aren't withdrawing or resigning. And their tax debt didn't come to light and was not corrected until the vetting process.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
How to Get a Job if You Owe Back Taxes???
Apply for a cabinet position in Obama's administration, that's how!
Two tax cheats and counting:
#1. Timothy Geithner, Obama's pick for Secretary of Treasury, failed to pay taxes on income he received from the International Monetary Fund in 2001 and the following three years. SOURCE
#2. Daschle paid his taxes only after the vetting process for his appointment to Secretary of HHS. It's estimated he owes over $100,000 in taxes. SOURCE
Okay, kids, here's a little quiz:
What happens to normal, hard-working Americans who 'forget' to pay their taxes?
A. They get a phone call from President Obama requesting them to become part of his cabinet.
B. They get a letter from the IRS asking them to remedy the situation as soon as possible.
C. They are sent to tax-payer remediation camp where they learn that true patriotism can only be achieved by paying taxes.
D. They are faced with "fines of up to $25,000 ($100,000 in the case of a corporation) or imprisoned for up to one year, or both, together with the cost of prosecution..." SOURCE
Two tax cheats and counting:
#1. Timothy Geithner, Obama's pick for Secretary of Treasury, failed to pay taxes on income he received from the International Monetary Fund in 2001 and the following three years. SOURCE
#2. Daschle paid his taxes only after the vetting process for his appointment to Secretary of HHS. It's estimated he owes over $100,000 in taxes. SOURCE
Okay, kids, here's a little quiz:
What happens to normal, hard-working Americans who 'forget' to pay their taxes?
A. They get a phone call from President Obama requesting them to become part of his cabinet.
B. They get a letter from the IRS asking them to remedy the situation as soon as possible.
C. They are sent to tax-payer remediation camp where they learn that true patriotism can only be achieved by paying taxes.
D. They are faced with "fines of up to $25,000 ($100,000 in the case of a corporation) or imprisoned for up to one year, or both, together with the cost of prosecution..." SOURCE
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Obama’s Stimulus Plan – The Details.
The details of the so-called stimulus plan are appalling. You should be asking yourself just ‘what’ they intend to stimulate.
But the Senate bill, on page 138 of the 431-page measure, directs $400 million to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "for the screening and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV."
Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/29/economic-stimulus-bills-allot-millions-for-std-pre/
In addition:
Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat and chairman of the Senate Appropriations health subcommittee, listed the allocation as one of the noteworthy achievements of the Senate spending bill, along with $75 million for smoking cessation and $870 million to prepare for a pandemic influenza outbreak.
Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/29/economic-stimulus-bills-allot-millions-for-std-pre/
And this is supposed to stimulate the economy? Looks to me like we’re all going to be out of work! But hey! At least we will have stopped smoking, will have access to free condoms and won’t have to worry about bird flu.
I find that very stimulating!
But the Senate bill, on page 138 of the 431-page measure, directs $400 million to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "for the screening and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV."
Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/29/economic-stimulus-bills-allot-millions-for-std-pre/
In addition:
Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat and chairman of the Senate Appropriations health subcommittee, listed the allocation as one of the noteworthy achievements of the Senate spending bill, along with $75 million for smoking cessation and $870 million to prepare for a pandemic influenza outbreak.
Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/29/economic-stimulus-bills-allot-millions-for-std-pre/
And this is supposed to stimulate the economy? Looks to me like we’re all going to be out of work! But hey! At least we will have stopped smoking, will have access to free condoms and won’t have to worry about bird flu.
I find that very stimulating!
Green Peacocks and Other Hypocrisies
I’m sick and tired of being preached to by the Hollywood elite and politicians on how I need to be green and reduce my carbon footprint. I feel like I’m doing my part here. I recycle everything. I haul loads of recyclables to containers every week because we don’t have curbside service for this out in the country. I make only one trip a week to town in order to conserve fuel. I try to use those stupid, mercury-filled energy saving bulbs wherever I can. (This in spite of the fact that mercury is considered a toxic substance and if we drop one of these beauties in our house and it breaks, we’ll have to evacuate and wear hazmat suits to clean it up.) We heat our home with a super high-efficient water source heat pump which uses the heat or coolness of the earth to heat or cool our home.
The hypocrisy of the self-appointed green gods and goddesses who think they’re wise and all-knowing and infinitely qualified to talk down to us ‘common’ folk and tell us how we should live in order to save the planet while they flit around in private jets, plan hundred million dollar inaugurations and basically go right on consuming enough energy to supply power to a small country for several years, is fairly annoying and more than a little insulting to my intelligence.
So here is my plan. I like to think of it as a green coup d’ etat.
Stop supporting all forms of entertainment that require more than a small amount of energy consumption. Don’t attend any big, outdoor, lighted, high-wattage, power consuming sporting event, music concert, or political rally. If it requires more energy consumption than a simple PA system, then you shouldn’t support it. After all, Robert Redford and Barbara Streisand believe that we should drive hybrid vehicles and hang our laundry out to dry (respectively). I believe we should stop attending the Sundance Film Festival (which more than 20,000 people attend annually. Hint: It’s held in Utah and they don’t walk to get there.) and stop going to Barbara Streisand concerts. Let’s help out these two green gods by showing them we can really get behind their cause! No more film festivals and no more BS concerts. Let’s face it people, we’ve had enough BS in our lives. Go to the park with your dog. It’s infinitely more entertaining and a lot greener than a BS concert. If you require musical entertainment, ask your dog to sing, he’ll do a much better job and it won’t cost you more than a dog biscuit.
Recently, NBC decided they were going to go ‘green’ and encourage all their viewers to do the same by displacing the normally colorful peacock with a green peacock. I was watching a football game on a Sunday afternoon. I consider this a fairly green activity since I stay at home rather than driving sixty plus miles to attend a game, thus saving fuel—something I wouldn’t do anyhow as I can’t afford it! Anyhow, as I tried to watch the game, my gaze wandered back to that stupid green peacock and I felt my blood pressure rising. What gives them the right to tell me to go ‘green’? The energy used to power just that one football game could probably provide energy to an entire neighborhood for a day. Am I the only one who sees the hypocrisy in this? I turned off the television and went for a walk.
I can’t wait for January 21st. On January 21st, the presidential inauguration will be over. If you turn on the television, all the news is about the inauguration. The coverage of it is over the top. It's gotten so bad that the media will work it into almost any story. Even something as obscure as the mating habits of Tasmanian Devils isn't immune to an inauguration mention.
I’ve heard the inauguration is going to cost one hundred forty million dollars. Think about all the people travelling just to get to the inauguration. It is estimated that nearly two million people will travel to DC to witness this event. Two million people will travel by car, bus, train, and plane. Once they’re there, they’ll have to utilize other forms of transportation to get from their hotels to the events. I’m sure they’re not all driving hybrids. That’s a lot of fossil fuel. I can’t help but wonder why they’re doing this? It’s like watching the migration of millions of elk in Alaska. Only the elk have an actual reason for migrating. The Obamigrates have no really good reason for doing this. Think about it. How many of the estimated two million attendees will actually get to see anything of real significance? Most of them will be staring at the backside of the person in front of them. Millions of gallons of fossil fuels consumed just so you can stand in the cold and say you were ‘there’, when you weren’t really ‘there’ at all. All you did was take your politically-correct, so-called mini carbon footprint and stay on the BS train that the gods want us to keep riding.
In addition to the event in DC, the PIC (President Inauguration Committee) has planned many Regional Inauguration Balls across the country with orchestras and big-name performers like Sheryl Crow. James Taylor and Carole King so those that can’t make the trip to DC can still participate in the event a bit closer to home. Of course these ‘balls’ aren’t going to be low-tech, low-power-consumption events either. And I’m sure all the attendees aren’t walking to these events either.
And what about the power necessary just to stage and secure the inauguration? Think about all the vehicles needed to deliver stage, lighting, porta-potties, and barricades. Think about all the vehicles that the security personnel will be driving, most of them running all day. Think about the power consumption of all the high-tech equipment needed to insure the safety and security of the president-elect and all the inaugural attendees. That’s a LOT of energy.
Perhaps all this sounds more than a little nuts. I mean, can we seriously give up our concerts, our political rallies and our football games? No, not really. And it’s not really my point. I don’t think we should have to give up the things that make our lives easier or more enjoyable. I don’t want to give up my clothes dryer!
My point is that all this ‘green’ talk coming from the mouths of people who aren’t really willing to suffer even a modest amount of discomfort or inconvenience is beyond ridiculous. I agree that we need to find alternatives to fuel our vehicles and heat our homes. But I am really tired of hearing how hard-working, ordinary people need to shoulder the burden of this while the self-appointed ‘green’ gods and goddesses go right on living in their seven thousand square-foot mansions, driving sports cars, and flying all over the world as I sit in my small house, trying to relax by watching a football game while being mind-f**ked by a green peacock.
The hypocrisy of the self-appointed green gods and goddesses who think they’re wise and all-knowing and infinitely qualified to talk down to us ‘common’ folk and tell us how we should live in order to save the planet while they flit around in private jets, plan hundred million dollar inaugurations and basically go right on consuming enough energy to supply power to a small country for several years, is fairly annoying and more than a little insulting to my intelligence.
So here is my plan. I like to think of it as a green coup d’ etat.
Stop supporting all forms of entertainment that require more than a small amount of energy consumption. Don’t attend any big, outdoor, lighted, high-wattage, power consuming sporting event, music concert, or political rally. If it requires more energy consumption than a simple PA system, then you shouldn’t support it. After all, Robert Redford and Barbara Streisand believe that we should drive hybrid vehicles and hang our laundry out to dry (respectively). I believe we should stop attending the Sundance Film Festival (which more than 20,000 people attend annually. Hint: It’s held in Utah and they don’t walk to get there.) and stop going to Barbara Streisand concerts. Let’s help out these two green gods by showing them we can really get behind their cause! No more film festivals and no more BS concerts. Let’s face it people, we’ve had enough BS in our lives. Go to the park with your dog. It’s infinitely more entertaining and a lot greener than a BS concert. If you require musical entertainment, ask your dog to sing, he’ll do a much better job and it won’t cost you more than a dog biscuit.
Recently, NBC decided they were going to go ‘green’ and encourage all their viewers to do the same by displacing the normally colorful peacock with a green peacock. I was watching a football game on a Sunday afternoon. I consider this a fairly green activity since I stay at home rather than driving sixty plus miles to attend a game, thus saving fuel—something I wouldn’t do anyhow as I can’t afford it! Anyhow, as I tried to watch the game, my gaze wandered back to that stupid green peacock and I felt my blood pressure rising. What gives them the right to tell me to go ‘green’? The energy used to power just that one football game could probably provide energy to an entire neighborhood for a day. Am I the only one who sees the hypocrisy in this? I turned off the television and went for a walk.
I can’t wait for January 21st. On January 21st, the presidential inauguration will be over. If you turn on the television, all the news is about the inauguration. The coverage of it is over the top. It's gotten so bad that the media will work it into almost any story. Even something as obscure as the mating habits of Tasmanian Devils isn't immune to an inauguration mention.
I’ve heard the inauguration is going to cost one hundred forty million dollars. Think about all the people travelling just to get to the inauguration. It is estimated that nearly two million people will travel to DC to witness this event. Two million people will travel by car, bus, train, and plane. Once they’re there, they’ll have to utilize other forms of transportation to get from their hotels to the events. I’m sure they’re not all driving hybrids. That’s a lot of fossil fuel. I can’t help but wonder why they’re doing this? It’s like watching the migration of millions of elk in Alaska. Only the elk have an actual reason for migrating. The Obamigrates have no really good reason for doing this. Think about it. How many of the estimated two million attendees will actually get to see anything of real significance? Most of them will be staring at the backside of the person in front of them. Millions of gallons of fossil fuels consumed just so you can stand in the cold and say you were ‘there’, when you weren’t really ‘there’ at all. All you did was take your politically-correct, so-called mini carbon footprint and stay on the BS train that the gods want us to keep riding.
In addition to the event in DC, the PIC (President Inauguration Committee) has planned many Regional Inauguration Balls across the country with orchestras and big-name performers like Sheryl Crow. James Taylor and Carole King so those that can’t make the trip to DC can still participate in the event a bit closer to home. Of course these ‘balls’ aren’t going to be low-tech, low-power-consumption events either. And I’m sure all the attendees aren’t walking to these events either.
And what about the power necessary just to stage and secure the inauguration? Think about all the vehicles needed to deliver stage, lighting, porta-potties, and barricades. Think about all the vehicles that the security personnel will be driving, most of them running all day. Think about the power consumption of all the high-tech equipment needed to insure the safety and security of the president-elect and all the inaugural attendees. That’s a LOT of energy.
Perhaps all this sounds more than a little nuts. I mean, can we seriously give up our concerts, our political rallies and our football games? No, not really. And it’s not really my point. I don’t think we should have to give up the things that make our lives easier or more enjoyable. I don’t want to give up my clothes dryer!
My point is that all this ‘green’ talk coming from the mouths of people who aren’t really willing to suffer even a modest amount of discomfort or inconvenience is beyond ridiculous. I agree that we need to find alternatives to fuel our vehicles and heat our homes. But I am really tired of hearing how hard-working, ordinary people need to shoulder the burden of this while the self-appointed ‘green’ gods and goddesses go right on living in their seven thousand square-foot mansions, driving sports cars, and flying all over the world as I sit in my small house, trying to relax by watching a football game while being mind-f**ked by a green peacock.
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