Is it possible that Assange's espionage is intended to get people so outraged that they DEMAND strict government controls on the internet? The Dems are pushing "Net Neutrality" right now...What do you think?
VIDEO: Glenn Beck’s Plan to Take Over America
Friday, December 10, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Is Obama Trying to Transfer 1.5% of U.S GDP to the U.N. ?
http://co2insanity.com/2010/12/08/obama-trying-to-transfer-1-5-of-us-gdp-to-un-for-climate-change/
In the last two years, President Obama and the Democrats have spent us into STAGGERING levels of debt and generational theft. What if they decided to transfer 141 BILLION dollars/year to the United Nations to "fight man-made global warming"?
Would you believe that ANY American president would do such a thing?
In the last two years, President Obama and the Democrats have spent us into STAGGERING levels of debt and generational theft. What if they decided to transfer 141 BILLION dollars/year to the United Nations to "fight man-made global warming"?
Would you believe that ANY American president would do such a thing?
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Why I Joined the Oath Keepers.
America is under assault. Most of us have watched this assault for years, and thought that elections were enough to beat back the rising tide of statist authoritarianism. Then Hurricane Katrina happened in 2005. We were wrong!
In response to hysterical (and mostly inaccurate) cries of widespread murder and rape throughout the city, the Governor of Louisiana sent the national guard and local police on a house-to-house search for weapons in some of the poorer areas of New Orleans. When they should have been shooting looters, they decided to go on a search for weapons instead! Law enforcement officers knocked doors down when necessary, and subdued lawful, gun-owning citizens and even disarmed them at gun point! To make a grim scene even worse, they blockaded citizens of N.O. in the city proper by refusing to allow them to walk out of the city via the bridges, and even FORCED many to stay in the Superdome while sewage filled the walkways. The malfeasence of FEMA was legendary as well, and would require far too much space to document in detail. FEMA exacerbated the problem.
It was a hellish, nightmarish scene of third world tyranny and local incompetance--IN AN AMERICAN CITY!!
The government-induced disaster in New Orleans jolted me. I became aware that elections alone couldn't possibly protect our God-given rights as free citizens from those who disregard or even disdain our Constitution...our common rule book. Those National Guard soldiers and policeman who participated in these unconstitutional searches and seizures of weapons, and de facto BLOCKADE of the city, all took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. It's the same oath I took in 1987 when I joined the Navy for a six year hitch:
"I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."
Far too many troops and police failed to KEEP their oath.
You may notice that the first part of the oath is defending the Constitution, and that obeying the orders of the President comes after that? This way, when the President or Governor (or any government official) directly violates the Constitution, those orders are supposed to be ignored or countermanded on the spot. I know that's a lot to ask, and it's one hell of a lot easier to just obey bad orders than to disobey them, but our future as a representative republic of law depends on an informed and patriotic military and law enforcement arm.
Today we are afflicted by an administration and Congress that is so far out of control in it's lust for power that the Constitution isn't even a speed bump to these totalitarians and their devious schemes to "fundamentally transform America." In dozens of different ways our Constitutional, freedom-based way of life is under direct assault from within.
In the final analysis, all tyranny relies on it's enforcement arm; the police, the national guard, and ultimately the military. That's where the Oath Keepers come in. We seek to "reach, teach, and inspire" (thanks Mike Austell) all military, reserves, National Guard, veterans, Peace Officers, and Fire Fighters about their primary oath to the Constitution of the United States. As long as they stay true to the oath we all took, the ballot box will remain effective at beating back statist tyranny. Click on the link below and the "Declaration of Orders We Will NOT Obey!"
http://oathkeepers.org/oath/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/First-Coast-Florida-OathKeepers/136027116450549
The battle for America is on! The soul of this great representative republic, based on the rule of law--rather than the transitory and often brutal whims of men--is under relentless assault. Will we continue this amazing experiment in self rule and human freedom? Or will our way of life be destroyed, and tyranny take it's place?
Join us at the Oath Keepers. We have a republic to save!
In response to hysterical (and mostly inaccurate) cries of widespread murder and rape throughout the city, the Governor of Louisiana sent the national guard and local police on a house-to-house search for weapons in some of the poorer areas of New Orleans. When they should have been shooting looters, they decided to go on a search for weapons instead! Law enforcement officers knocked doors down when necessary, and subdued lawful, gun-owning citizens and even disarmed them at gun point! To make a grim scene even worse, they blockaded citizens of N.O. in the city proper by refusing to allow them to walk out of the city via the bridges, and even FORCED many to stay in the Superdome while sewage filled the walkways. The malfeasence of FEMA was legendary as well, and would require far too much space to document in detail. FEMA exacerbated the problem.
It was a hellish, nightmarish scene of third world tyranny and local incompetance--IN AN AMERICAN CITY!!
The government-induced disaster in New Orleans jolted me. I became aware that elections alone couldn't possibly protect our God-given rights as free citizens from those who disregard or even disdain our Constitution...our common rule book. Those National Guard soldiers and policeman who participated in these unconstitutional searches and seizures of weapons, and de facto BLOCKADE of the city, all took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. It's the same oath I took in 1987 when I joined the Navy for a six year hitch:
"I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."
Far too many troops and police failed to KEEP their oath.
You may notice that the first part of the oath is defending the Constitution, and that obeying the orders of the President comes after that? This way, when the President or Governor (or any government official) directly violates the Constitution, those orders are supposed to be ignored or countermanded on the spot. I know that's a lot to ask, and it's one hell of a lot easier to just obey bad orders than to disobey them, but our future as a representative republic of law depends on an informed and patriotic military and law enforcement arm.
Today we are afflicted by an administration and Congress that is so far out of control in it's lust for power that the Constitution isn't even a speed bump to these totalitarians and their devious schemes to "fundamentally transform America." In dozens of different ways our Constitutional, freedom-based way of life is under direct assault from within.
In the final analysis, all tyranny relies on it's enforcement arm; the police, the national guard, and ultimately the military. That's where the Oath Keepers come in. We seek to "reach, teach, and inspire" (thanks Mike Austell) all military, reserves, National Guard, veterans, Peace Officers, and Fire Fighters about their primary oath to the Constitution of the United States. As long as they stay true to the oath we all took, the ballot box will remain effective at beating back statist tyranny. Click on the link below and the "Declaration of Orders We Will NOT Obey!"
http://oathkeepers.org/oath/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/First-Coast-Florida-OathKeepers/136027116450549
The battle for America is on! The soul of this great representative republic, based on the rule of law--rather than the transitory and often brutal whims of men--is under relentless assault. Will we continue this amazing experiment in self rule and human freedom? Or will our way of life be destroyed, and tyranny take it's place?
Join us at the Oath Keepers. We have a republic to save!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
The True Story of Thanksgiving, by Rush Limbaugh.
I'll bet you never heard this in school. I sure didn't.
RUSH: Time now, ladies and gentlemen, for The Real Story of Thanksgiving, as written by I -- by me -- in my second book, See, I Told You So. It's page 70 in the hardcover version. "On August 1, 1620, the Mayflower set sail. It carried a total of 102 passengers, including forty Pilgrims led by William Bradford. On the journey, Bradford set up an agreement, a contract, that established just and equal laws for all members of the new community, irrespective of their religious beliefs. Where did the revolutionary ideas expressed in the Mayflower Compact come from? From the Bible. The Pilgrims were a people completely steeped in the lessons of the Old and New Testaments. They looked to the ancient Israelites for their example. And, because of the biblical precedents set forth in Scripture, they never doubted that their experiment would work."
Now, you know the usual story of Thanksgiving: They landed. They had no clue where they were, no idea how to feed themselves. The Indians came out, showed 'em how to pop popcorn, fed 'em turkey, saved 'em basically -- and then white European settlers after that basically wiped out the Indian population. It's a horrible example. Not only is that not true, here is the part that's been omitted from what is still today taught as the traditional Thanksgiving story in many schools. "The original contract the Pilgrims had entered into with their merchant-sponsors in London called for everything they produced to go into a common store,' when they got here, 'and each member of the community was entitled to one common share. All of the land they cleared and the houses they built belong to the community as well.
"They were going to distribute it equally. All of the land they cleared and the houses they built belonged to the community as well. ... [William] Bradford, who had become the new governor of the colony, recognized that this form of collectivism was as costly and destructive to the Pilgrims as that first harsh winter, which had taken so many lives. He decided to take bold action. Bradford assigned a plot of land to each family to work and manage, thus turning loose the power of the marketplace. ... Long before Karl Marx was even born, the Pilgrims had discovered and experimented with what could only be described as socialism,' and it had failed" miserably because when every put things in the common store, some people didn't have to put things in for there to be, people that didn't produce anything were taking things out, and it caused resentment just as it does today. So Bradford had to change it.
"What Bradford and his community found was that the most creative and industrious people had no incentive to work any harder than anyone else, unless they could utilize the power of personal motivation! But while most of the rest of the world has been experimenting with socialism for well over a hundred years – trying to refine it, perfect it, and re-invent it – the Pilgrims decided early on to scrap it permanently. What Bradford wrote about this social experiment should be in every schoolchild's history lesson. If it were, we might prevent much needless suffering," that happens today and will happen "in the future. 'The experience that we had in this common course and condition, tried sundry years...that by taking away property, and bringing community into a common wealth, would make them happy and flourishing – as if they were wiser than God,' Bradford wrote.
'For this community (so far as it was) was found to breed much confusion and discontent, and retard much employment that would have been to their benefit and comfort. For young men that were most able and fit for labor and service did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men's wives and children without [being paid] that was thought injustice.' ... The Pilgrims found that people could not be expected to do their best work without incentive. So what did Bradford's community try next? They unharnessed the power of good old free enterprise by invoking the undergirding capitalistic principle of private property. Every family was assigned its own plot of land to work and permitted to market its own crops and products. And what was the result?"
Here's what Bradford wrote, the governor of the Massachusetts colony. "'This had very good success,' wrote Bradford, 'for it made all hands industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been.' Bradford doesn't sound like much of a Clintonite, does he?" or an Obamaite, if I can update it. "Is it possible that supply-side economics could have existed before the 1980s? ... Anyway, the pilgrims found "In no time, the Pilgrims found they had more food than they could eat themselves. ... So they set up trading posts and exchanged goods with the Indians. The profits allowed them to pay off their debts to the merchants in London. And the success and prosperity of the Plymouth settlement attracted more Europeans and began what came to be known as the 'Great Puritan Migration.'
Very few people have heard this story or have had it taught to them -- and the "thanks" was to God for showing them the way. In later parts of the chapter, I quote John Adams and George Washington on their reminisces and their thoughts on the first Thanksgiving and the notion it was thanks to God. It was an entirely different story than is being taught in the schools. It's been muddied down, watered down all these years -- and now it's been hijacked by the multicultural community -- to the point that the story of Thanksgiving is the Pilgrims were a bunch of incompetents and were saved only by the goodness of the Indians, who then were wiped out. And that's what kids are being taught today -- 'cause, of course, you can't mention the Bible in school, and that's fundamental to the real story of Thanksgiving.
Thanks Rush!
RUSH: Time now, ladies and gentlemen, for The Real Story of Thanksgiving, as written by I -- by me -- in my second book, See, I Told You So. It's page 70 in the hardcover version. "On August 1, 1620, the Mayflower set sail. It carried a total of 102 passengers, including forty Pilgrims led by William Bradford. On the journey, Bradford set up an agreement, a contract, that established just and equal laws for all members of the new community, irrespective of their religious beliefs. Where did the revolutionary ideas expressed in the Mayflower Compact come from? From the Bible. The Pilgrims were a people completely steeped in the lessons of the Old and New Testaments. They looked to the ancient Israelites for their example. And, because of the biblical precedents set forth in Scripture, they never doubted that their experiment would work."
Now, you know the usual story of Thanksgiving: They landed. They had no clue where they were, no idea how to feed themselves. The Indians came out, showed 'em how to pop popcorn, fed 'em turkey, saved 'em basically -- and then white European settlers after that basically wiped out the Indian population. It's a horrible example. Not only is that not true, here is the part that's been omitted from what is still today taught as the traditional Thanksgiving story in many schools. "The original contract the Pilgrims had entered into with their merchant-sponsors in London called for everything they produced to go into a common store,' when they got here, 'and each member of the community was entitled to one common share. All of the land they cleared and the houses they built belong to the community as well.
"They were going to distribute it equally. All of the land they cleared and the houses they built belonged to the community as well. ... [William] Bradford, who had become the new governor of the colony, recognized that this form of collectivism was as costly and destructive to the Pilgrims as that first harsh winter, which had taken so many lives. He decided to take bold action. Bradford assigned a plot of land to each family to work and manage, thus turning loose the power of the marketplace. ... Long before Karl Marx was even born, the Pilgrims had discovered and experimented with what could only be described as socialism,' and it had failed" miserably because when every put things in the common store, some people didn't have to put things in for there to be, people that didn't produce anything were taking things out, and it caused resentment just as it does today. So Bradford had to change it.
"What Bradford and his community found was that the most creative and industrious people had no incentive to work any harder than anyone else, unless they could utilize the power of personal motivation! But while most of the rest of the world has been experimenting with socialism for well over a hundred years – trying to refine it, perfect it, and re-invent it – the Pilgrims decided early on to scrap it permanently. What Bradford wrote about this social experiment should be in every schoolchild's history lesson. If it were, we might prevent much needless suffering," that happens today and will happen "in the future. 'The experience that we had in this common course and condition, tried sundry years...that by taking away property, and bringing community into a common wealth, would make them happy and flourishing – as if they were wiser than God,' Bradford wrote.
'For this community (so far as it was) was found to breed much confusion and discontent, and retard much employment that would have been to their benefit and comfort. For young men that were most able and fit for labor and service did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men's wives and children without [being paid] that was thought injustice.' ... The Pilgrims found that people could not be expected to do their best work without incentive. So what did Bradford's community try next? They unharnessed the power of good old free enterprise by invoking the undergirding capitalistic principle of private property. Every family was assigned its own plot of land to work and permitted to market its own crops and products. And what was the result?"
Here's what Bradford wrote, the governor of the Massachusetts colony. "'This had very good success,' wrote Bradford, 'for it made all hands industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been.' Bradford doesn't sound like much of a Clintonite, does he?" or an Obamaite, if I can update it. "Is it possible that supply-side economics could have existed before the 1980s? ... Anyway, the pilgrims found "In no time, the Pilgrims found they had more food than they could eat themselves. ... So they set up trading posts and exchanged goods with the Indians. The profits allowed them to pay off their debts to the merchants in London. And the success and prosperity of the Plymouth settlement attracted more Europeans and began what came to be known as the 'Great Puritan Migration.'
Very few people have heard this story or have had it taught to them -- and the "thanks" was to God for showing them the way. In later parts of the chapter, I quote John Adams and George Washington on their reminisces and their thoughts on the first Thanksgiving and the notion it was thanks to God. It was an entirely different story than is being taught in the schools. It's been muddied down, watered down all these years -- and now it's been hijacked by the multicultural community -- to the point that the story of Thanksgiving is the Pilgrims were a bunch of incompetents and were saved only by the goodness of the Indians, who then were wiped out. And that's what kids are being taught today -- 'cause, of course, you can't mention the Bible in school, and that's fundamental to the real story of Thanksgiving.
Thanks Rush!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Are You Worried About "Quantitative Easing"? YOU SHOULD BE!
Yesterday the Federal Reserve announced that it was planning on injecting ANOTHER $600,000,000,000 (that's 600 billion dollars!, in case you were wondering) into the American financial system by purchasing Treasury bonds. The stated goal is to drive interest rates lower and encourage borrowing. Call it a top-down method of "stimulating" the economy. And you guessed it, they'll PRINT it!
Investopedia defines Quantitative Easing:
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/quantitative-easing.asp
--What Does Quantitative Easing Mean? A government monetary policy occasionally used to increase the money supply by buying government securities or other securities from the market. Quantitative easing increases the money supply by flooding financial institutions with capital in an effort to promote increased lending and liquidity.
--Investopedia explains Quantitative Easing...Central banks tend to use quantitative easing when interest rates have already been lowered to near 0% levels and have failed to produce the desired effect. The major risk of quantitative easing is that although more money is floating around, there is still a fixed amount of goods for sale. This will eventually lead to higher prices or inflation.
YES it will !!! Our problem is NOT high interest rates, they're already near historically low levels. Our financial problems are many and have political origins, like the government-induced home mortgage meltdown, ObamaCare, the looming threat of tax hikes and over-regulation, increased energy taxes via "Cap and Trade" legislation, forced unionization via "Card Check" legislation, and the list goes on. The ability to borrow money isn't nearly as problematic as the menace of abusive governance.
So what's likely to happen when $600,000,000,000 brand spanking new $dollar bills$ are injected into the American economy?
Inflation. And if we're terribly unlucky, hyperinflation. Think Weimar Republic, Germany, circa 1924.
Our economy will be awash with 600 billion more dollars chasing the same goods and services as before this second round of "quantitative easing." The cost of everything you buy is going to increase, maybe even dramatically. The current fight over extending the Bush tax cuts will seem like a silly side show once that $2.65 loaf of bread becomes $9.12, or a pound of hamburger goes fom the current $3.25/lb. to $13.50/lb..
This sort of inflation is the unkindest tax increase of all due to it's size and scope and the dramatic way that it impoverishes us and diminishes our lifestyles.
Think about it!
.
Investopedia defines Quantitative Easing:
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/quantitative-easing.asp
--What Does Quantitative Easing Mean? A government monetary policy occasionally used to increase the money supply by buying government securities or other securities from the market. Quantitative easing increases the money supply by flooding financial institutions with capital in an effort to promote increased lending and liquidity.
--Investopedia explains Quantitative Easing...Central banks tend to use quantitative easing when interest rates have already been lowered to near 0% levels and have failed to produce the desired effect. The major risk of quantitative easing is that although more money is floating around, there is still a fixed amount of goods for sale. This will eventually lead to higher prices or inflation.
YES it will !!! Our problem is NOT high interest rates, they're already near historically low levels. Our financial problems are many and have political origins, like the government-induced home mortgage meltdown, ObamaCare, the looming threat of tax hikes and over-regulation, increased energy taxes via "Cap and Trade" legislation, forced unionization via "Card Check" legislation, and the list goes on. The ability to borrow money isn't nearly as problematic as the menace of abusive governance.
So what's likely to happen when $600,000,000,000 brand spanking new $dollar bills$ are injected into the American economy?
Inflation. And if we're terribly unlucky, hyperinflation. Think Weimar Republic, Germany, circa 1924.
Our economy will be awash with 600 billion more dollars chasing the same goods and services as before this second round of "quantitative easing." The cost of everything you buy is going to increase, maybe even dramatically. The current fight over extending the Bush tax cuts will seem like a silly side show once that $2.65 loaf of bread becomes $9.12, or a pound of hamburger goes fom the current $3.25/lb. to $13.50/lb..
This sort of inflation is the unkindest tax increase of all due to it's size and scope and the dramatic way that it impoverishes us and diminishes our lifestyles.
Think about it!
.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Are We Still Worthy of Leaders Like This?
Many messages were sent to Washington DC last night, and they all ended with an exclamation point. Those voices sounded a lot like STOP IT!...and...CUT IT OUT, DAMN IT!
On November 2, 2010, America won a reprieve from tyrannical government, but only as long as we stay awake, aware, and active.
When asked by a citizen what form of government the delegates had formed in Independance Hall, Ben Franklin replied, "A republic, if you can keep it." Well, can we?
Leaders of Franklin's ability are precious and few, and ultimately they are nothing more than a reflection of the society that produces them.
Jim Demint is a leader that we can STILL be proud of!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704141104575588612828579920.html?mod=wsj_share_facebook
Welcome, Senate Conservatives
Remember what the voters back home want—less government and more freedom
By JIM DEMINT
Congratulations to all the tea party-backed candidates who overcame a determined, partisan opposition to win their elections. The next campaign begins today. Because you must now overcome determined party insiders if this nation is going to be spared from fiscal disaster.
Many of the people who will be welcoming the new class of Senate conservatives to Washington never wanted you here in the first place. The establishment is much more likely to try to buy off your votes than to buy into your limited-government philosophy. Consider what former GOP senator-turned-lobbyist Trent Lott told the Washington Post earlier this year: "As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them."
Don't let them. Co-option is coercion. Washington operates on a favor-based economy and for every earmark, committee assignment or fancy title that's given, payback is expected in return. The chits come due when the roll call votes begin. This is how big-spending bills that everyone always decries in public always manage to pass with just enough votes.
But someone can't be bribed if they aren't for sale. Here is some humble advice on how to recognize and refuse such offers.
First, don't request earmarks. If you do, you'll vote for legislation based on what's in it for your state, not what's best for the country. You will lose the ability to criticize wasteful spending. And, if you dare to oppose other pork-barrel projects, the earmarkers will retaliate against you.
In 2005, Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) offered a measure to kill funding for the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere." Before the vote, Sen. Patty Murray (D., Wash.), an appropriator, issued a warning on the Senate floor....(to finish article, click on link)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704141104575588612828579920.html?mod=wsj_share_facebook
On November 2, 2010, America won a reprieve from tyrannical government, but only as long as we stay awake, aware, and active.
When asked by a citizen what form of government the delegates had formed in Independance Hall, Ben Franklin replied, "A republic, if you can keep it." Well, can we?
Leaders of Franklin's ability are precious and few, and ultimately they are nothing more than a reflection of the society that produces them.
Jim Demint is a leader that we can STILL be proud of!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704141104575588612828579920.html?mod=wsj_share_facebook
Welcome, Senate Conservatives
Remember what the voters back home want—less government and more freedom
By JIM DEMINT
Congratulations to all the tea party-backed candidates who overcame a determined, partisan opposition to win their elections. The next campaign begins today. Because you must now overcome determined party insiders if this nation is going to be spared from fiscal disaster.
Many of the people who will be welcoming the new class of Senate conservatives to Washington never wanted you here in the first place. The establishment is much more likely to try to buy off your votes than to buy into your limited-government philosophy. Consider what former GOP senator-turned-lobbyist Trent Lott told the Washington Post earlier this year: "As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them."
Don't let them. Co-option is coercion. Washington operates on a favor-based economy and for every earmark, committee assignment or fancy title that's given, payback is expected in return. The chits come due when the roll call votes begin. This is how big-spending bills that everyone always decries in public always manage to pass with just enough votes.
But someone can't be bribed if they aren't for sale. Here is some humble advice on how to recognize and refuse such offers.
First, don't request earmarks. If you do, you'll vote for legislation based on what's in it for your state, not what's best for the country. You will lose the ability to criticize wasteful spending. And, if you dare to oppose other pork-barrel projects, the earmarkers will retaliate against you.
In 2005, Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) offered a measure to kill funding for the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere." Before the vote, Sen. Patty Murray (D., Wash.), an appropriator, issued a warning on the Senate floor....(to finish article, click on link)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704141104575588612828579920.html?mod=wsj_share_facebook
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
How you can help Senate conservatives, QUICKLY!
We have about a week left untill the single most important election since Abraham Lincoln was elected. Will we continue down the statist/totalitarian path laid before us by Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid?
Or will we reclaim American greatness and Constitutionally protected freedoms and liberties?
The choice IS that stark. It's never been clearer. We need to take back the Senate.
You can make a difference by contributing to the Senate Conservatives Fund.
TAKE AMERICA BACK !!
It's up to us, please give what you can, and do it soon!
https://senateconservatives.com/takeamericaback
Or will we reclaim American greatness and Constitutionally protected freedoms and liberties?
The choice IS that stark. It's never been clearer. We need to take back the Senate.
You can make a difference by contributing to the Senate Conservatives Fund.
TAKE AMERICA BACK !!
It's up to us, please give what you can, and do it soon!
https://senateconservatives.com/takeamericaback
Monday, October 25, 2010
Facebook Warning!! Read, Heed, and Pass Around.
Important information if you post on Facebook!
If anyone out there is on Facebook, be very wary of the postings with the Commit to Vote logo. It is being used by the Obama operatives to gather information about you and all of your Facebook friends. Do not click on it because you trust the person who put the logo on your page. Many are not aware and did not bother really reading all the info before becoming involved. It is Obama and "Commit to Vote" is their mantra in an effort to overcome the conservative wave coming.
Remember when we had a president who DIDN'T WANT your personal infomation. This one seems to have walked out of the pages of an Orwell novel.
If anyone out there is on Facebook, be very wary of the postings with the Commit to Vote logo. It is being used by the Obama operatives to gather information about you and all of your Facebook friends. Do not click on it because you trust the person who put the logo on your page. Many are not aware and did not bother really reading all the info before becoming involved. It is Obama and "Commit to Vote" is their mantra in an effort to overcome the conservative wave coming.
Remember when we had a president who DIDN'T WANT your personal infomation. This one seems to have walked out of the pages of an Orwell novel.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Rick Scott's 7-7-7 Plan: Florida--LET'S GET TO WORK !!
http://www.rickscottforflorida.com/home/turn-florida-around/rick-scotts-7-step-solution/
The career politicians in Tallahassee have done little to jumpstart our economy. But then again, how can you get our economic wheels in motion when you’ve never balanced a budget, been forced to meet payroll, or created a job?
“Face it, if the career politicians knew how to get us out of this recession, they would have done it already.”
That’s why it’s time for a conservative outsider with real-world business experience to take charge of Florida’s economy. I am the only candidate in this race with a comprehensive plan that will get our fiscal house in order, balance the budget, and create long-term, good-paying jobs.
The plan isn’t complex. In fact, it’s very simple. And it’s common sense.
I’ve created jobs {thousands actually} in the private sector.
As governor, these 7 steps will create 700,000 jobs in 7 years:
1. Implement Accountability Budgeting
2. Reduce Government Spending
3. Enact Regulatory Reform
4. Focus on Job Growth and Retention
5. Invest in World Class State Universities
6. Reduce Property Taxes
7. Phase out the Business Income Tax
“Let’s make Florida the job creation model for the nation.”
*Click on top link for more information about Rick's 7-7-7 Plan!
The career politicians in Tallahassee have done little to jumpstart our economy. But then again, how can you get our economic wheels in motion when you’ve never balanced a budget, been forced to meet payroll, or created a job?
“Face it, if the career politicians knew how to get us out of this recession, they would have done it already.”
That’s why it’s time for a conservative outsider with real-world business experience to take charge of Florida’s economy. I am the only candidate in this race with a comprehensive plan that will get our fiscal house in order, balance the budget, and create long-term, good-paying jobs.
The plan isn’t complex. In fact, it’s very simple. And it’s common sense.
I’ve created jobs {thousands actually} in the private sector.
As governor, these 7 steps will create 700,000 jobs in 7 years:
1. Implement Accountability Budgeting
2. Reduce Government Spending
3. Enact Regulatory Reform
4. Focus on Job Growth and Retention
5. Invest in World Class State Universities
6. Reduce Property Taxes
7. Phase out the Business Income Tax
“Let’s make Florida the job creation model for the nation.”
*Click on top link for more information about Rick's 7-7-7 Plan!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Democrat Motto: "Moving America Forward." Towards WHAT?!!
Across the blogosphere, and in the hallowed halls of the far left, I hear Democrats and the media left bemoaning the impending loss of societal and legislative "progress" if the Republicans win big in the upcoming midterm elections. At POLITICO they claim that the Democrat motto is "Moving America Forward."
"Forward" towards WHAT?! America has noticed that the Democrats are moving us towards staggering debt and generational theft.....
--forward to....A new "normal" for the economy that includes unemployment at 10% (actually 17%) and record numbers of Americans on WELFARE, FOOD STAMPS, and other government programs.
--forward to....Federal government control of two of America's big three auto makers (GM and Chrysler) in a move that reeked of economic fascism.
--forward to....A "Stimulus Bill" that only "stimulated" the Democrat Party, and put Americans over a TRILLION dollars (after interest and lost productivity) deeper into debt. Obama admitted a few days ago that "there's no such thing as shovel-ready projects" after pushing the lie for months.
--forward to....Banning all exploratory drilling in American waters while FUNDING Mexican drilling in those same waters and Brazillian deep water drilling with AMERICAN tax dollars!! This cost tens of thousands of American jobs. Two days ago they lifted the ban for political reasons...try getting a PERMIT to drill. LOL! See ya four years from now. :-)
--forward to....Consolidating power in the hands of radical left-wing, unaccountable "Czars" who don't answer to the American people or their representatives in Congress. Obie isn't the first president to have czars, he's just the WORST abuser of that privilege by far!
--forward to....Passing a health care takeover bill (ObamaCare) against the express will of the American people by blatantly and corruptly PURCHASING the votes of hesitant Senators and Representatives.
--forward to....Attempting to pass the Cap and Tax bill which amounts to an HUGE tax hike on an already beleaguered population, with more than 25% either unemployed or underemployed. The federal government wants MORE of your money at a time when you can LEAST afford it.
--forward to....Adjourning Congress to go campaign for re election while PROHIBITING an up or down vote to extend the Bush era tax cuts. THEY HAVE RAISED YOUR TAXES ENORMOUSLY BY THEIR INACTION!!
--forward to....Working to pass "Card Check" legislation that ELIMINATES the secret ballot in union elections. Let's just call it what it is--"Unionization by Intimidation." The President and his union cronies don't care for the secret ballot. And they call themselves "Democrats." We know them as thugs.
--forward to....A "Justice Department" that blatantly ignored voter intimidation against white voters in Philadelphia because the thugs doing the intimidating were members of the "New Black Panthers." They used the Federal government to discriminate against white voters. That's "hope and change" the Dems can believe in, the rest of us can &*%$ off!
--forward to....An administration that cozies up to international pariahs and thugs while snubbing our true allies. Obama, Reid, and Pelosi view Fox News, the Tea Party and talk radio as a bigger threat to America than a nuclear armed Iran. An Iran that we COULD have helped to "fundamentally change" just one year ago. Our inaction spelled the doom of Iranian freedom fighters struggling to overthrow the evil ayatollahs.
If these are sterling examples of "moving forward" and being "progressive", I'll proudly be "regressive for human freedom" any day.
The list of SERIOUS Democrat offenses against the American Constitutional way of life has been long and severe. Their trespasses against the Constitution and our basic liberties threaten our republican, freedom-based way of life in ways we've yet to realize. If you fail to vote to eliminate this existential threat to our way of life YOU will be no better than Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi.
Stick up for America, vote the scoundrels out !!
.
"Forward" towards WHAT?! America has noticed that the Democrats are moving us towards staggering debt and generational theft.....
--forward to....A new "normal" for the economy that includes unemployment at 10% (actually 17%) and record numbers of Americans on WELFARE, FOOD STAMPS, and other government programs.
--forward to....Federal government control of two of America's big three auto makers (GM and Chrysler) in a move that reeked of economic fascism.
--forward to....A "Stimulus Bill" that only "stimulated" the Democrat Party, and put Americans over a TRILLION dollars (after interest and lost productivity) deeper into debt. Obama admitted a few days ago that "there's no such thing as shovel-ready projects" after pushing the lie for months.
--forward to....Banning all exploratory drilling in American waters while FUNDING Mexican drilling in those same waters and Brazillian deep water drilling with AMERICAN tax dollars!! This cost tens of thousands of American jobs. Two days ago they lifted the ban for political reasons...try getting a PERMIT to drill. LOL! See ya four years from now. :-)
--forward to....Consolidating power in the hands of radical left-wing, unaccountable "Czars" who don't answer to the American people or their representatives in Congress. Obie isn't the first president to have czars, he's just the WORST abuser of that privilege by far!
--forward to....Passing a health care takeover bill (ObamaCare) against the express will of the American people by blatantly and corruptly PURCHASING the votes of hesitant Senators and Representatives.
--forward to....Attempting to pass the Cap and Tax bill which amounts to an HUGE tax hike on an already beleaguered population, with more than 25% either unemployed or underemployed. The federal government wants MORE of your money at a time when you can LEAST afford it.
--forward to....Adjourning Congress to go campaign for re election while PROHIBITING an up or down vote to extend the Bush era tax cuts. THEY HAVE RAISED YOUR TAXES ENORMOUSLY BY THEIR INACTION!!
--forward to....Working to pass "Card Check" legislation that ELIMINATES the secret ballot in union elections. Let's just call it what it is--"Unionization by Intimidation." The President and his union cronies don't care for the secret ballot. And they call themselves "Democrats." We know them as thugs.
--forward to....A "Justice Department" that blatantly ignored voter intimidation against white voters in Philadelphia because the thugs doing the intimidating were members of the "New Black Panthers." They used the Federal government to discriminate against white voters. That's "hope and change" the Dems can believe in, the rest of us can &*%$ off!
--forward to....An administration that cozies up to international pariahs and thugs while snubbing our true allies. Obama, Reid, and Pelosi view Fox News, the Tea Party and talk radio as a bigger threat to America than a nuclear armed Iran. An Iran that we COULD have helped to "fundamentally change" just one year ago. Our inaction spelled the doom of Iranian freedom fighters struggling to overthrow the evil ayatollahs.
If these are sterling examples of "moving forward" and being "progressive", I'll proudly be "regressive for human freedom" any day.
The list of SERIOUS Democrat offenses against the American Constitutional way of life has been long and severe. Their trespasses against the Constitution and our basic liberties threaten our republican, freedom-based way of life in ways we've yet to realize. If you fail to vote to eliminate this existential threat to our way of life YOU will be no better than Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi.
Stick up for America, vote the scoundrels out !!
.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
The Lawyers' Party, by Bruce Walker.
A LAWYER WITH A BRIEFCASE CAN STEAL MORE MONEY THAN A THOUSAND MEN WITH GUNS. -- Vito Corleone
The Democratic Party has become the Lawyers Party .
Barack Obama is a lawyer. Michelle Obama is a lawyer.
Hillary Clinton is a lawyer. Bill Clinton is a lawyer.
John Edwards is a lawyer. Elizabeth Edwards is a lawyer.
Every Democrat nominee since 1984 went to law school (although Gore did not graduate).
Every Democrat vice presidential nominee since 1976, except for Lloyd Bentsen, went to law school.
Look at leaders of the Democrat Party in Congress:
Harry Reid is a lawyer. Nancy Pelosi is a lawyer.
The Republican Party is different.
President Bush is a businessman.
Vice President Cheney is a businessman.
The leaders of the Republican Revolution:
Newt Gingrich was a history professor.
Tom Delay was an exterminator. Dick Armey was an economist.
House Minority Leader Boehner was a plastics manufacturer.
The former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is a heart surgeon.
Who was the last Republican president who was a lawyer? Gerald Ford, who left office 31 years ago and who barely won the Republican nomination as a sitting president, running against Ronald Reagan in 1976.
The Republican Party is made up of real people doing real work, who are often the targets of lawyers.
The Democrat Party is made up of lawyers.
Democrats mock and scorn men who create wealth, like Bush and Cheney, or who heal the sick, like Frist, or who immerse themselves in history, like Gingrich.
The Lawyers Party sees these sorts of people, who provide goods and services that people want, as the enemies of America . And, so we have seen the procession of official enemies, in the eyes of the Lawyers Party, grow.
Against whom do Hillary and Obama rail? Pharmaceutical companies, oil companies, hospitals, manufacturers, fast food restaurant chains, large retail businesses, bankers, and anyone producing anything of value in our nation.
This is the natural consequence of viewing everything through the eyes of lawyers. Lawyers solve problems by successfully representing their clients, in this case the American people.
Lawyers seek to have new laws passed, they seek to win lawsuits, they press appellate courts to overturn precedent, and lawyers always parse language to favor their side.
Confined to the narrow practice of law, that is fine. But it is an awful way to govern a great nation. When politicians as lawyers begin to view some Americans as clients and other Americans as opposing parties, then the role of the legal system in our life becomes all-consuming. Some Americans become adverse parties of our very government. We are not all litigants in some vast social class-action suit. We are citizens of a republic that promises us a great deal of freedom from laws, from courts, and from lawyers.
Today, we are drowning in laws; we are contorted by judicial decisions; we are driven to distraction by omnipresent lawyers in all parts of our once private lives. America has a place for laws and lawyers, but that place is modest and reasonable, not vast and unchecked. When the most important decision for our next president is whom he will appoint to the Supreme Court, the role of lawyers and the law in America is too big.
When House Democrats sue America in order to hamstring our efforts to learn what our enemies are planning to do to us, then the role of litigation in America has become crushing.
We cannot expect the Lawyers Party to provide real change, real reform or real hope in America. Most Americans know that a republic in which every major government action must be blessed by nine unelected judges is not what Washington intended in 1789. Most Americans grasp that we cannot fight a war when ACLU lawsuits snap at the heels of our defenders. Most Americans intuit that more lawyers and judges will not restore declining moral values or spark the spirit of enterprise in our economy.
Perhaps Americans will understand that change cannot be brought to our nation by those lawyers who already largely dictate American society and business.
Perhaps Americans will see that hope does not come from the mouths of lawyers but from personal dreams nourished by hard work.
Perhaps Americans will embrace the truth that more lawyers with more power will only make our problems worse.
The United States has 5% of the world's population and 66% of the world's lawyers!! Tort (Legal) reform legislation has been introduced in congress several times in the last several years to limit punitive damages in ridiculous lawsuits such as spilling hot coffee on yourself and suing the establishment that sold it to you and also to limit punitive damages in huge medical malpractice lawsuits. This legislation has continually been blocked from even being voted on by the Democrat Party. When you see that 97% of the political contributions from the American Trial Lawyers Association goes to the Democratic Party, then you realize who is responsible for our medical and product costs being so high!
The Democratic Party has become the Lawyers Party .
Barack Obama is a lawyer. Michelle Obama is a lawyer.
Hillary Clinton is a lawyer. Bill Clinton is a lawyer.
John Edwards is a lawyer. Elizabeth Edwards is a lawyer.
Every Democrat nominee since 1984 went to law school (although Gore did not graduate).
Every Democrat vice presidential nominee since 1976, except for Lloyd Bentsen, went to law school.
Look at leaders of the Democrat Party in Congress:
Harry Reid is a lawyer. Nancy Pelosi is a lawyer.
The Republican Party is different.
President Bush is a businessman.
Vice President Cheney is a businessman.
The leaders of the Republican Revolution:
Newt Gingrich was a history professor.
Tom Delay was an exterminator. Dick Armey was an economist.
House Minority Leader Boehner was a plastics manufacturer.
The former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is a heart surgeon.
Who was the last Republican president who was a lawyer? Gerald Ford, who left office 31 years ago and who barely won the Republican nomination as a sitting president, running against Ronald Reagan in 1976.
The Republican Party is made up of real people doing real work, who are often the targets of lawyers.
The Democrat Party is made up of lawyers.
Democrats mock and scorn men who create wealth, like Bush and Cheney, or who heal the sick, like Frist, or who immerse themselves in history, like Gingrich.
The Lawyers Party sees these sorts of people, who provide goods and services that people want, as the enemies of America . And, so we have seen the procession of official enemies, in the eyes of the Lawyers Party, grow.
Against whom do Hillary and Obama rail? Pharmaceutical companies, oil companies, hospitals, manufacturers, fast food restaurant chains, large retail businesses, bankers, and anyone producing anything of value in our nation.
This is the natural consequence of viewing everything through the eyes of lawyers. Lawyers solve problems by successfully representing their clients, in this case the American people.
Lawyers seek to have new laws passed, they seek to win lawsuits, they press appellate courts to overturn precedent, and lawyers always parse language to favor their side.
Confined to the narrow practice of law, that is fine. But it is an awful way to govern a great nation. When politicians as lawyers begin to view some Americans as clients and other Americans as opposing parties, then the role of the legal system in our life becomes all-consuming. Some Americans become adverse parties of our very government. We are not all litigants in some vast social class-action suit. We are citizens of a republic that promises us a great deal of freedom from laws, from courts, and from lawyers.
Today, we are drowning in laws; we are contorted by judicial decisions; we are driven to distraction by omnipresent lawyers in all parts of our once private lives. America has a place for laws and lawyers, but that place is modest and reasonable, not vast and unchecked. When the most important decision for our next president is whom he will appoint to the Supreme Court, the role of lawyers and the law in America is too big.
When House Democrats sue America in order to hamstring our efforts to learn what our enemies are planning to do to us, then the role of litigation in America has become crushing.
We cannot expect the Lawyers Party to provide real change, real reform or real hope in America. Most Americans know that a republic in which every major government action must be blessed by nine unelected judges is not what Washington intended in 1789. Most Americans grasp that we cannot fight a war when ACLU lawsuits snap at the heels of our defenders. Most Americans intuit that more lawyers and judges will not restore declining moral values or spark the spirit of enterprise in our economy.
Perhaps Americans will understand that change cannot be brought to our nation by those lawyers who already largely dictate American society and business.
Perhaps Americans will see that hope does not come from the mouths of lawyers but from personal dreams nourished by hard work.
Perhaps Americans will embrace the truth that more lawyers with more power will only make our problems worse.
The United States has 5% of the world's population and 66% of the world's lawyers!! Tort (Legal) reform legislation has been introduced in congress several times in the last several years to limit punitive damages in ridiculous lawsuits such as spilling hot coffee on yourself and suing the establishment that sold it to you and also to limit punitive damages in huge medical malpractice lawsuits. This legislation has continually been blocked from even being voted on by the Democrat Party. When you see that 97% of the political contributions from the American Trial Lawyers Association goes to the Democratic Party, then you realize who is responsible for our medical and product costs being so high!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
ANOTHER Assault on our Freedom: The Disclose Act is Back!
After beating back amnesty for illegal aliens in the D.R.E.A.M. Act, get ready for the next full frontal assault on the American way of life. It's called the "Disclose Act", and it limits the participation of corporations in the political process. The Democrats are once again attacking that pesky 1st Amendment. From Friends of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce:
(click on the link and add your voice!!)
http://www.votervoice.net/Core.aspx?AID=1190&Screen=alert&IssueId=22213&SessionID=%24AID%3d1190%3aSITEID%3d-1%3aVV_CULTURE%3den-us%3aAPP%3dGAC%24
"Despite failing to pass in July, the so-called DISCLOSE Act is now being reconsidered, indicating the level of Congressional leaders' desperation to maintain their political majority.
Aimed squarely at the business community, the so-called DISCLOSE Act would create a thicket of new regulatory requirements in order to gain political advantage in the approaching November elections and to deter American businesses from participating in the political process.
Additionally, House carve-outs and exemptions for the biggest political contributors, including the NRA and unions, make it appear that instead of campaign finance reform, this bill is more of the same with back room deals and politics as usual.
If Congress wants to make the political process more transparent, they should begin by applying those standards to their own negotiations.
Nothing makes Americans angrier than members of Congress who are more concerned about protecting their own jobs than creating new ones for unemployed constituents.
With a second vote expected as soon as Thursday, your Senators need to hear from you on the discriminatory nature of this bill, as well as its obvious partisan intent."
Take action NOW!!
(click on the link and add your voice!!)
http://www.votervoice.net/Core.aspx?AID=1190&Screen=alert&IssueId=22213&SessionID=%24AID%3d1190%3aSITEID%3d-1%3aVV_CULTURE%3den-us%3aAPP%3dGAC%24
"Despite failing to pass in July, the so-called DISCLOSE Act is now being reconsidered, indicating the level of Congressional leaders' desperation to maintain their political majority.
Aimed squarely at the business community, the so-called DISCLOSE Act would create a thicket of new regulatory requirements in order to gain political advantage in the approaching November elections and to deter American businesses from participating in the political process.
Additionally, House carve-outs and exemptions for the biggest political contributors, including the NRA and unions, make it appear that instead of campaign finance reform, this bill is more of the same with back room deals and politics as usual.
If Congress wants to make the political process more transparent, they should begin by applying those standards to their own negotiations.
Nothing makes Americans angrier than members of Congress who are more concerned about protecting their own jobs than creating new ones for unemployed constituents.
With a second vote expected as soon as Thursday, your Senators need to hear from you on the discriminatory nature of this bill, as well as its obvious partisan intent."
Take action NOW!!
Monday, September 20, 2010
The Democrats are going pass AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS!!
It's called The DREAM ACT, and they want you to pay for the education of the children of illegals.
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/09/adding-dream-act-to-defense-bill-is-another-form-of-amnesty
Aren't we lucky to have Democrats? They have attached it to a defense spending bill, and it seems that now that the Dems are aware of the THRASHING they're going to get at the polls in November, they're doing all of the damage that they can, as quickly as they can.
You had better call your congressmen immediately to put a stop to this insanity!
Isn't it sad that we've reached the point in American history where we're CONTINUOUSLY defending ourselves and our rights as free people from our own damned government?!
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/09/adding-dream-act-to-defense-bill-is-another-form-of-amnesty
Aren't we lucky to have Democrats? They have attached it to a defense spending bill, and it seems that now that the Dems are aware of the THRASHING they're going to get at the polls in November, they're doing all of the damage that they can, as quickly as they can.
You had better call your congressmen immediately to put a stop to this insanity!
Isn't it sad that we've reached the point in American history where we're CONTINUOUSLY defending ourselves and our rights as free people from our own damned government?!
Friday, September 17, 2010
President Obama's Class Warfare
The White House--and our beloved community organizer--are working overtime to raise taxes on the wealthy, while preserving the current tax rates for everyone else. CLASS WARFARE is in full bloom once again!!
There is a plague of economic populism emanating from the political left these days. More than ever we are seeing class warfare used as a weapon to pit the "haves" against the "have-nots", the rich vs. the poor and the middle class. Democrats are the main practitioners of this ugliness, but Republicans aren't totally immune to it's allure. Florida Governor Charlie Crist has "taken on big insurers" repeatedly as part of his platform because he's "The People's Governor."
This strategy is nothing more than the political equivalent of the Divide and Conquer strategy for waging war, which has been variously attributed to Julius Caesar and Sun Tzu. By pitting the majority middle class and poor (collectively referred to as "working people") against the so-called wealthy, the political left seeks to cause a seething resentment against those same wealthy people. This resentment is then used to increase taxes and enact legislation that "levels the playing field."
A typical class warfare practitioner wrote this at the jax.com opinion board not to long ago:
"The taxpayer gets very little return on investment for money spent on the wealthy. While a small amount might accidently trickle back into the local economy, the majority goes into wall-street and banking games."
Note how he refers to a tax cut as "money spent on the wealthy"? That assumes that the money NOT seized by the government is only lent to the person who actually earned it. In other words, a tax cut equals government spending. This turns property rights as we know them on their head. The ongoing attempt is to delegitimize the wealthy person's claim to their own money.
A high percentage of my customers are very wealthy people. Oftentimes my company isn't the only one doing work at a customer's home. There are painters, crews who pave driveways and decks with paving stones, pool cleaners, insurance salesman, irrigation guys, personal trainers, tanning bed vendors, carpenters, roofers, and the list gets very long.
The companies and the crews who are employed at these wealthy homes then spend their money at stores of all sorts, pay their bills and maybe even manage to save for their children's education. In turn their customers also do well. In case you're wondering, this is true economic activity. This is the "return on investment" the class warrior attempted to diminish.
What happens when the class warrior is successful in his mantra, "the rich aren't paying their fair share" or "greedy corporations are pilfering the Treasury"?
We raise taxes on the wealthy. Social justice, right? Not so fast! The chances are better than even that the class warrior hasn't thought through the unintended consequences of his divisive rhetoric and poisonous name calling.
The wealthy family or individual will pay more in income taxes and they receive a clear message from the rest of America; "We want your money, and we'll use the government as an instrument of plunder to make it happen."
If that "rich" guy is a small businessman, as I suspect most of them are, they'll look to trim the fat from their budget asap. They will wonder: Who are my most expendable workers? Which ones can I spare without hurting profitability? Those workers will get the axe because they were probably a detriment anyways. What's the result?
Unemployment goes up, which is usually the first unintended consequence of successful class warfare and it's resultant tax increases.
If that "rich" guy is a former business owner who is semi-retired and living off investments and/or part time income, he may prioritize expenses in different ways. He may offload a car or two (in addition to the guy who details his cars), he may decide that his total relandscaping project can wait until his investments tick up again to offset his bigger tax bill. He may only want his windows cleaned every 18 months instead of every 9 months. He may decide against that new paint job or decide that the new inground pool can wait, or ALL OF THE ABOVE!
The simple and unavoidable truth is that when you seize the wealth of the rich, they take a hit for sure. Their annual income may go from 1.3 million dollars to 1.1 million, or from 980 thousand dollars to 860 thousand. So what says the class warrior defiantly, "He still has 860 THOUSAND dollars!"
And tens of thousands--if not HUNDREDS of thousands--of "working class" people are left holding their bills and wondering, "where did my job go?"
Thank your local class warrior! That's hope and change he can believe in.
There is a plague of economic populism emanating from the political left these days. More than ever we are seeing class warfare used as a weapon to pit the "haves" against the "have-nots", the rich vs. the poor and the middle class. Democrats are the main practitioners of this ugliness, but Republicans aren't totally immune to it's allure. Florida Governor Charlie Crist has "taken on big insurers" repeatedly as part of his platform because he's "The People's Governor."
This strategy is nothing more than the political equivalent of the Divide and Conquer strategy for waging war, which has been variously attributed to Julius Caesar and Sun Tzu. By pitting the majority middle class and poor (collectively referred to as "working people") against the so-called wealthy, the political left seeks to cause a seething resentment against those same wealthy people. This resentment is then used to increase taxes and enact legislation that "levels the playing field."
A typical class warfare practitioner wrote this at the jax.com opinion board not to long ago:
"The taxpayer gets very little return on investment for money spent on the wealthy. While a small amount might accidently trickle back into the local economy, the majority goes into wall-street and banking games."
Note how he refers to a tax cut as "money spent on the wealthy"? That assumes that the money NOT seized by the government is only lent to the person who actually earned it. In other words, a tax cut equals government spending. This turns property rights as we know them on their head. The ongoing attempt is to delegitimize the wealthy person's claim to their own money.
A high percentage of my customers are very wealthy people. Oftentimes my company isn't the only one doing work at a customer's home. There are painters, crews who pave driveways and decks with paving stones, pool cleaners, insurance salesman, irrigation guys, personal trainers, tanning bed vendors, carpenters, roofers, and the list gets very long.
The companies and the crews who are employed at these wealthy homes then spend their money at stores of all sorts, pay their bills and maybe even manage to save for their children's education. In turn their customers also do well. In case you're wondering, this is true economic activity. This is the "return on investment" the class warrior attempted to diminish.
What happens when the class warrior is successful in his mantra, "the rich aren't paying their fair share" or "greedy corporations are pilfering the Treasury"?
We raise taxes on the wealthy. Social justice, right? Not so fast! The chances are better than even that the class warrior hasn't thought through the unintended consequences of his divisive rhetoric and poisonous name calling.
The wealthy family or individual will pay more in income taxes and they receive a clear message from the rest of America; "We want your money, and we'll use the government as an instrument of plunder to make it happen."
If that "rich" guy is a small businessman, as I suspect most of them are, they'll look to trim the fat from their budget asap. They will wonder: Who are my most expendable workers? Which ones can I spare without hurting profitability? Those workers will get the axe because they were probably a detriment anyways. What's the result?
Unemployment goes up, which is usually the first unintended consequence of successful class warfare and it's resultant tax increases.
If that "rich" guy is a former business owner who is semi-retired and living off investments and/or part time income, he may prioritize expenses in different ways. He may offload a car or two (in addition to the guy who details his cars), he may decide that his total relandscaping project can wait until his investments tick up again to offset his bigger tax bill. He may only want his windows cleaned every 18 months instead of every 9 months. He may decide against that new paint job or decide that the new inground pool can wait, or ALL OF THE ABOVE!
The simple and unavoidable truth is that when you seize the wealth of the rich, they take a hit for sure. Their annual income may go from 1.3 million dollars to 1.1 million, or from 980 thousand dollars to 860 thousand. So what says the class warrior defiantly, "He still has 860 THOUSAND dollars!"
And tens of thousands--if not HUNDREDS of thousands--of "working class" people are left holding their bills and wondering, "where did my job go?"
Thank your local class warrior! That's hope and change he can believe in.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Will the Government SEIZE Your Retirement Assets?
I wrote about this awful possibility 8 months ago...
http://jingoist-foundingprinciples.blogspot.com/2010/02/will-big-brother-steal-our-retirement.html
...and now it seems that the American Thinker has picked up the scent of tyranny in the air.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/09/retirement_fund_trillions_lure.html
Retirement Fund Trillions Lure Government Grabbers
By Peter Raymond
Is the government making plans to confiscate your retirement money? The Obama administration is certainly exploring the idea.
This question no longer seems far-fetched when the group-thinkers in Washington unabashedly promote a doctrine of wealth redistribution and central planning. These Keynesian socialists know they will need vast new sources of revenues to fund their relentless spending binges to "transform" this nation. A logical next step would be to legitimize the confiscation of private retirement assets -- an idea that was contemplated in the recent past by the Clinton administration.
According to the Investment Company Institute, there was $7.835 trillion in IRA, 401K, 457, and 403b accounts in 2009. That is certainly too large a sum to be ignored by the big spending social engineers in Washington. Bureaucrats and politicians have been hard at work formulating a social justice excuse to legislate an historic seizure of private assets. This would not be the first time the statists extorted wealth from U.S. citizens on a massive scale.
The public shakedown always employs a two-step tactic to repeatedly dupe the malleable electorate. First, the statists fabricate and incessantly excoriate a contrived crisis of social injustice that is victimizing helpless and unknowing Americans. Next, they "craft" -- a term Pelosi uses again and again -- insidious legislation disguised as a necessary and compassionate solution that makes participation and universal funding compulsory by force of the law.
It is a simple and effective strategy that continues to trip up even the staunchest conservatives, who ultimately succumb to the throng of propagandized constituents demanding protection from the newly revealed threat.
Patrick Heller warns:
Expect to see terms such as "retirement income protection" thrown around. It is highly likely that such a program would be implemented in steps to help overcome public opposition. The US government plan is to eventually take ownership of all assets in IRAs and 401K accounts and replace them with US government "Treasury Retirement Bonds." In the October 2008 hearings, it was proposed that these bonds pay a 3% interest rate. Another major change is that, upon retirement, the individual's retirement account would be converted into an annuity. Once the individual is deceased, the individual's heirs would not inherit anything.
(click link to continue)
http://jingoist-foundingprinciples.blogspot.com/2010/02/will-big-brother-steal-our-retirement.html
...and now it seems that the American Thinker has picked up the scent of tyranny in the air.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/09/retirement_fund_trillions_lure.html
Retirement Fund Trillions Lure Government Grabbers
By Peter Raymond
Is the government making plans to confiscate your retirement money? The Obama administration is certainly exploring the idea.
This question no longer seems far-fetched when the group-thinkers in Washington unabashedly promote a doctrine of wealth redistribution and central planning. These Keynesian socialists know they will need vast new sources of revenues to fund their relentless spending binges to "transform" this nation. A logical next step would be to legitimize the confiscation of private retirement assets -- an idea that was contemplated in the recent past by the Clinton administration.
According to the Investment Company Institute, there was $7.835 trillion in IRA, 401K, 457, and 403b accounts in 2009. That is certainly too large a sum to be ignored by the big spending social engineers in Washington. Bureaucrats and politicians have been hard at work formulating a social justice excuse to legislate an historic seizure of private assets. This would not be the first time the statists extorted wealth from U.S. citizens on a massive scale.
The public shakedown always employs a two-step tactic to repeatedly dupe the malleable electorate. First, the statists fabricate and incessantly excoriate a contrived crisis of social injustice that is victimizing helpless and unknowing Americans. Next, they "craft" -- a term Pelosi uses again and again -- insidious legislation disguised as a necessary and compassionate solution that makes participation and universal funding compulsory by force of the law.
It is a simple and effective strategy that continues to trip up even the staunchest conservatives, who ultimately succumb to the throng of propagandized constituents demanding protection from the newly revealed threat.
Patrick Heller warns:
Expect to see terms such as "retirement income protection" thrown around. It is highly likely that such a program would be implemented in steps to help overcome public opposition. The US government plan is to eventually take ownership of all assets in IRAs and 401K accounts and replace them with US government "Treasury Retirement Bonds." In the October 2008 hearings, it was proposed that these bonds pay a 3% interest rate. Another major change is that, upon retirement, the individual's retirement account would be converted into an annuity. Once the individual is deceased, the individual's heirs would not inherit anything.
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
The Lost Lesson of 9-11.
Four planes crashed on this day 9 years ago. They were brought down by muslim fanatics seeking a "great victory" for their god of death and destruction--allah. Three thousand souls were murdered on September 11, 2001, and we owe it to them to learn the lessons of appeasing tyranny.
Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania after an onboard struggle will live on in my memory more than the others because they knew what was happening and they chose to FIGHT the islamic animals; rather than appease them and hope for the best.
You have to wonder what those brave souls of flight 93 would think of us appeasing islamists who threaten violence if we keep them from building a "victory dance" mosque on the site of their greatest crime?
You have to wonder what those brave souls of flight 93 would think about the Gainseville preacher capitulating to muslim threats of violence and deciding NOT to practice his 1st Amendment right to burn some korans?
Appeasement to tyranny has a PERFECT track record---of disaster! God bless and keep the brave souls who fought and died that day.
Let's do our best to be worthy of their great sacrifice.
Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania after an onboard struggle will live on in my memory more than the others because they knew what was happening and they chose to FIGHT the islamic animals; rather than appease them and hope for the best.
You have to wonder what those brave souls of flight 93 would think of us appeasing islamists who threaten violence if we keep them from building a "victory dance" mosque on the site of their greatest crime?
You have to wonder what those brave souls of flight 93 would think about the Gainseville preacher capitulating to muslim threats of violence and deciding NOT to practice his 1st Amendment right to burn some korans?
Appeasement to tyranny has a PERFECT track record---of disaster! God bless and keep the brave souls who fought and died that day.
Let's do our best to be worthy of their great sacrifice.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Congratulations "Insurgent Republicans" !!
It's no exaggeration to say that we have a country to save, and last night was an amazing start! A few weeks back I heard CNN describe Marco Rubio and Rick Scott as "Insurgent Republicans" five minutes after describing Taliban terrorists as "insurgent forces." That tells you what leftists think of us conservatives!
"Insurgent Republicans" Rick Scott (Florida) and Joe Miller (Alaska) highlighted a primary election night that should serve as a full-throated wakeup call for an establishment-controlled Republican Party that takes conservatives and conservative libertarians for granted.
A word of advice for the formerly comfortable Republican Establishment:
WE DO NOT EXIST FOR THE PURPOSE OF KEEPING YOU IN POSITIONS OF POWER !!!!
Your power exists for the purpose of protecting the God-given rights of the American people.
Don't let that chair get too comfortable, especially if you forget why you were elected...
I've never been prouder to be a part of the Tea Party!
"Insurgent Republicans" Rick Scott (Florida) and Joe Miller (Alaska) highlighted a primary election night that should serve as a full-throated wakeup call for an establishment-controlled Republican Party that takes conservatives and conservative libertarians for granted.
A word of advice for the formerly comfortable Republican Establishment:
WE DO NOT EXIST FOR THE PURPOSE OF KEEPING YOU IN POSITIONS OF POWER !!!!
Your power exists for the purpose of protecting the God-given rights of the American people.
Don't let that chair get too comfortable, especially if you forget why you were elected...
I've never been prouder to be a part of the Tea Party!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Here's Hope and Change That I Can Embrace!
After draining the cesspool of Democrat corruption and filth in Washington DC, the American people will have three more tasks that are crucial to saving our country:
1. Dismantle Obama's fascist machine. Everything the Dem fascists have enacted MUST be repealed.
2. Ground the 3rd rail of national politics. Eliminate or drastically alter $ocial $ecurity. Ponzi Schemes shouldn't survive and thrive on money stolen from those under 55 years old. I'm not holding my breath here because I've RARELY seen a politician with enough political courage to take on this national Ponzi scheme.
http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/commentary/think-of-social-security-as-bernie-madoff-on-steroids
3. Dismantle all public sector unions. They are utterly destroying the solvency of states and municipalities all across America, and they have NO RIGHT to organize against the taxpayer!
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America will be hard-pressed to survive the economic IDIOCY of the Obama Administration...JINGOIST, 2009
1. Dismantle Obama's fascist machine. Everything the Dem fascists have enacted MUST be repealed.
2. Ground the 3rd rail of national politics. Eliminate or drastically alter $ocial $ecurity. Ponzi Schemes shouldn't survive and thrive on money stolen from those under 55 years old. I'm not holding my breath here because I've RARELY seen a politician with enough political courage to take on this national Ponzi scheme.
http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/commentary/think-of-social-security-as-bernie-madoff-on-steroids
3. Dismantle all public sector unions. They are utterly destroying the solvency of states and municipalities all across America, and they have NO RIGHT to organize against the taxpayer!
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America will be hard-pressed to survive the economic IDIOCY of the Obama Administration...JINGOIST, 2009
Sunday, August 1, 2010
The Motor City Mad Man Strikes Again!
Ted Nugent: It Is Us
We're the ones who allowed anti-Americans to take over America
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/30/it-is-us/?page=1
Barack Hussein Obama did not sneak into power. An army of clueless, disconnected, ignorant Americans invited him to bring his Marxist, glaringly anti-American jihad into our lives. This president's overtly destructive, clear-and-present-danger agenda is surpassed in transparency only by his ultra-leftist public voting record and overall lifetime conduct of consorting with the enemy as a child and student of Marxism, socialist and racist community organizer, congregant of the blatant America-hating black-theology- and social-justice-spewing Rev. Jeremiah Wright and close personal friend of convicted communist terrorists like Bill Ayers, and by his unflinching appointment of an array of communist czars, including Van Jones, Cass Sunstein, Anita Dunne, et al.
So let me get this straight: You claim your intentions were noble because you simply wanted to get your child a puppy but somehow didn't notice that it was foaming at the mouth, and now you're shocked that your child has rabies? I think not. That is not a mistake. It is negligence -- dangerous, life threatening and, I am convinced, downright criminal negligence.
And the price for such negligence is catastrophic, don't you know...
(click above link to continue)
http://books.google.com/books?id=v2QKmakvTIEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=ted+white+and+blue&source=bl&ots=JOuVsNZ4Xx&sig=qpWsAojL5y4wL2aoATljjI_Mwmo&hl=en&ei=sP9VTKj4BMKB8gafm4yTBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
We're the ones who allowed anti-Americans to take over America
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/30/it-is-us/?page=1
Barack Hussein Obama did not sneak into power. An army of clueless, disconnected, ignorant Americans invited him to bring his Marxist, glaringly anti-American jihad into our lives. This president's overtly destructive, clear-and-present-danger agenda is surpassed in transparency only by his ultra-leftist public voting record and overall lifetime conduct of consorting with the enemy as a child and student of Marxism, socialist and racist community organizer, congregant of the blatant America-hating black-theology- and social-justice-spewing Rev. Jeremiah Wright and close personal friend of convicted communist terrorists like Bill Ayers, and by his unflinching appointment of an array of communist czars, including Van Jones, Cass Sunstein, Anita Dunne, et al.
So let me get this straight: You claim your intentions were noble because you simply wanted to get your child a puppy but somehow didn't notice that it was foaming at the mouth, and now you're shocked that your child has rabies? I think not. That is not a mistake. It is negligence -- dangerous, life threatening and, I am convinced, downright criminal negligence.
And the price for such negligence is catastrophic, don't you know...
(click above link to continue)
**Allow me to make a reading suggestion. "Ted, White, and Blue" is in the bookstores now. Ted Nugent has become an intellectual and patriotic force to be reckoned with.
http://books.google.com/books?id=v2QKmakvTIEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=ted+white+and+blue&source=bl&ots=JOuVsNZ4Xx&sig=qpWsAojL5y4wL2aoATljjI_Mwmo&hl=en&ei=sP9VTKj4BMKB8gafm4yTBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
Monday, July 19, 2010
Top Secret America, A Must Read.
I have mixed emotions on the following Washington Post article, Top Secret America. On the one hand, I'm more than happy to increase our surveillance of muslim activities inside and outside of America. After all, they're the ones perpetrating hideous acts of terrorism against our country. On the other hand, this appears to be overkill by a factor of twenty, and assets and activities on this magnitude invevitably end up being used against regular American citizens to quell political dissent.
Are you paying attention Tea Partiers? I sure do hope so...
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/
A hidden world, growing beyond control
The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work.
These are some of the findings of a two-year investigation by The Washington Post that discovered what amounts to an alternative geography of the United States, a Top Secret America hidden from public view and lacking in thorough oversight. After nine years of unprecedented spending and growth, the result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe is so massive that its effectiveness is impossible to determine.
The investigation's other findings include:
* Some 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies work on programs related to counterterrorism, homeland security and intelligence in about 10,000 locations across the United States.
* An estimated 854,000 people, nearly 1.5 times as many people as live in Washington, D.C., hold top-secret security clearances...
Are you paying attention Tea Partiers? I sure do hope so...
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/
A hidden world, growing beyond control
The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work.
These are some of the findings of a two-year investigation by The Washington Post that discovered what amounts to an alternative geography of the United States, a Top Secret America hidden from public view and lacking in thorough oversight. After nine years of unprecedented spending and growth, the result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe is so massive that its effectiveness is impossible to determine.
The investigation's other findings include:
* Some 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies work on programs related to counterterrorism, homeland security and intelligence in about 10,000 locations across the United States.
* An estimated 854,000 people, nearly 1.5 times as many people as live in Washington, D.C., hold top-secret security clearances...
Monday, June 28, 2010
The Supreme Court Upholds the 2nd Amendment!
From the POLITICO:
"In a 5-4 decision Monday, the Supreme Court declared for the first time that the Second Amendment right to bear arms extends to states and local governments. The ruling opens the door to challenges to gun control laws and ordinances across the country."
It's literally stunning that it was a 5-4 decision rather than a 9-0 decision. Make no mistake, this was a vote on the 2nd Amendment, and 4 of the Supreme Court Justices chose to vote their PREFERENCE in favor of gun control, rather than vote according to the clear wording of the 2nd Amendment. To wit:
"...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
What part of that wording DON'T the 4 leftist Supremes understand? You see, it truly doesn't (or shouldn't) matter whether Justice Stevens or Ginsberg like or even dislike the 2nd Amendment at all. It shouldn't matter one bit if they believe in full-scale gun confiscation.
Their job is to apply the Constitution to these matters, NOT WRITE NEW LAW!!!!
That's what the legislature is for. Activist judges are clear and present danger to our constitution and our law-based society. In case you're wondering, this sort of behavior is at the very heart of conservative's objections to left-wing jurists.
Here's an interesting take from the Heritage Foundation:
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/06/28/protecting-the-second-amendment-but-just-barely/
"In a 5-4 decision Monday, the Supreme Court declared for the first time that the Second Amendment right to bear arms extends to states and local governments. The ruling opens the door to challenges to gun control laws and ordinances across the country."
It's literally stunning that it was a 5-4 decision rather than a 9-0 decision. Make no mistake, this was a vote on the 2nd Amendment, and 4 of the Supreme Court Justices chose to vote their PREFERENCE in favor of gun control, rather than vote according to the clear wording of the 2nd Amendment. To wit:
"...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
What part of that wording DON'T the 4 leftist Supremes understand? You see, it truly doesn't (or shouldn't) matter whether Justice Stevens or Ginsberg like or even dislike the 2nd Amendment at all. It shouldn't matter one bit if they believe in full-scale gun confiscation.
Their job is to apply the Constitution to these matters, NOT WRITE NEW LAW!!!!
That's what the legislature is for. Activist judges are clear and present danger to our constitution and our law-based society. In case you're wondering, this sort of behavior is at the very heart of conservative's objections to left-wing jurists.
Here's an interesting take from the Heritage Foundation:
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/06/28/protecting-the-second-amendment-but-just-barely/
Friday, June 11, 2010
It's Time to REPEAL the 17th Amendment.
It's time to REPEAL the 17th amendment!
Senators should be selected by their respective state legislatures. That was the intent of the Founders in Article 1, Section 3, Clause 1 :
"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote."
This insured that each state would have actual and adequate representation in the Senate. Representatives take care of the interests of their districts, while the STATES have less official representation than foreign countries who have lobbyists bending the ears of Senators at all hours. Making these Senators directly accountable to the State legislatures is an idea whose time has come...again!
The 17th Amendment will have to be repealed. That's a heavy lift, and sadly would probably be fought along partisan lines. Radical special interest groups with deeeeep pockets, like MoveOn.org, George Soros, A.C.O.R.N. and others seem to have more pull with some our Senators than we voters do. During the health care takeover debates I called the office of my Senator, Bill Nelson, to register my disapproval of ObamaCare. A very nice and courteous young man took my call. I asked him how the callers were reacting on this subject. He told me that I was one of his "younger" callers, and that most of the people who called him felt the same way I did. They were AGAINST "health care reform." His words.
Bill Nelson voted FOR this wretched bill!
Now I ask you, who had more representation when Senator Nelson voted for this bill? The deep-pocketed left-wing NUT ROOTS, or the retirees in the state of Florida who will have their Medicare SLASHED by over $500 Billion to pay for this legislation?
More than any other state, Florida is a retirement state. A travesty like Bill Nelson's ObamaCare vote (aye!) would NEVER have occured if Senator Nelson was actually representing the best interests of the people of the Sunshine State.
ObamaCare cuts half a trillion from Medicare! Just who did Bill Nelson represent with his affirmative vote?
Take a hard look at your own Senators and ask yourself who they are REALLY working for?
It's time to repeal the 17th Amendment. It's time to reign in Washington DC by making our Senators more accountable to their own states.
Senators should be selected by their respective state legislatures. That was the intent of the Founders in Article 1, Section 3, Clause 1 :
"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote."
This insured that each state would have actual and adequate representation in the Senate. Representatives take care of the interests of their districts, while the STATES have less official representation than foreign countries who have lobbyists bending the ears of Senators at all hours. Making these Senators directly accountable to the State legislatures is an idea whose time has come...again!
The 17th Amendment will have to be repealed. That's a heavy lift, and sadly would probably be fought along partisan lines. Radical special interest groups with deeeeep pockets, like MoveOn.org, George Soros, A.C.O.R.N. and others seem to have more pull with some our Senators than we voters do. During the health care takeover debates I called the office of my Senator, Bill Nelson, to register my disapproval of ObamaCare. A very nice and courteous young man took my call. I asked him how the callers were reacting on this subject. He told me that I was one of his "younger" callers, and that most of the people who called him felt the same way I did. They were AGAINST "health care reform." His words.
Bill Nelson voted FOR this wretched bill!
Now I ask you, who had more representation when Senator Nelson voted for this bill? The deep-pocketed left-wing NUT ROOTS, or the retirees in the state of Florida who will have their Medicare SLASHED by over $500 Billion to pay for this legislation?
More than any other state, Florida is a retirement state. A travesty like Bill Nelson's ObamaCare vote (aye!) would NEVER have occured if Senator Nelson was actually representing the best interests of the people of the Sunshine State.
ObamaCare cuts half a trillion from Medicare! Just who did Bill Nelson represent with his affirmative vote?
Take a hard look at your own Senators and ask yourself who they are REALLY working for?
It's time to repeal the 17th Amendment. It's time to reign in Washington DC by making our Senators more accountable to their own states.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Dorothy Rabinowitz NAILS President Obama!
This is a point I've made numerous times, though far less eloquently. I can't help the feeling that our White House AND Congress have been "hijacked" by some foreign force, something that doesn't quite belong in America.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703302604575294231631318728.html
The Alien in the White House
The distance between the president and the people is beginning to be revealed.
By DOROTHY RABINOWITZ
The deepening notes of disenchantment with Barack Obama now issuing from commentators across the political spectrum were predictable. So, too, were the charges from some of the president's earliest enthusiasts about his failure to reflect a powerful sense of urgency about the oil spill.
There should have been nothing puzzling about his response to anyone who has paid even modest critical attention to Mr. Obama's pronouncements. For it was clear from the first that this president—single-minded, ever-visible, confident in his program for a reformed America saved from darkness by his arrival—was wanting in certain qualities citizens have until now taken for granted in their presidents. Namely, a tone and presence that said: This is the Americans' leader, a man of them, for them, the nation's voice and champion. Mr. Obama wasn't lacking in concern about the oil spill. What he lacked was that voice—and for good reason.
Those qualities to be expected in a president were never about rhetoric; Mr. Obama had proved himself a dab hand at that on the campaign trail. They were a matter of identification with the nation and to all that binds its people together in pride and allegiance. These are feelings held deep in American hearts, unvoiced mostly, but unmistakably there and not only on the Fourth of July...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703302604575294231631318728.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703302604575294231631318728.html
The Alien in the White House
The distance between the president and the people is beginning to be revealed.
By DOROTHY RABINOWITZ
The deepening notes of disenchantment with Barack Obama now issuing from commentators across the political spectrum were predictable. So, too, were the charges from some of the president's earliest enthusiasts about his failure to reflect a powerful sense of urgency about the oil spill.
There should have been nothing puzzling about his response to anyone who has paid even modest critical attention to Mr. Obama's pronouncements. For it was clear from the first that this president—single-minded, ever-visible, confident in his program for a reformed America saved from darkness by his arrival—was wanting in certain qualities citizens have until now taken for granted in their presidents. Namely, a tone and presence that said: This is the Americans' leader, a man of them, for them, the nation's voice and champion. Mr. Obama wasn't lacking in concern about the oil spill. What he lacked was that voice—and for good reason.
Those qualities to be expected in a president were never about rhetoric; Mr. Obama had proved himself a dab hand at that on the campaign trail. They were a matter of identification with the nation and to all that binds its people together in pride and allegiance. These are feelings held deep in American hearts, unvoiced mostly, but unmistakably there and not only on the Fourth of July...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703302604575294231631318728.html
Monday, June 7, 2010
Dave Nalle on the Federal Reserve.
It's been said that a truly good teacher is one who can simplify the complicated while being true to the facts. It seems that Dave Nalle--political writer, game author, font designer, and National Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus--fits that definition to a tee!
We hear the cry, "let's return to the gold standard" as politicians dig us deeper and deeper into debt and inevitably inflate the currency. It sounds compelling...not so fast!
Read what Dave Nalle has to say about the Federal Reserve.
Blame the Bankers
Dave Nalle
June 5, 2010
Many of those who oppose the Federal Reserve system or any other kind of national bank do so in gross ignorance of history. They assume that it is the system which has led to economic problems and that going back to an older gold-based system would stabilize the economy. The problem is that the historical record does not bear this out.
The reason why we switched to a managed paper currency in the first place was that specie based money was unstable. Throughout the period when we used a gold based system we had repeated booms and busts and crashes and bubbles caused by market manipulation, the real estate market, credit shortages, natural disasters and other factors. Every crash from the south sea bubble to the great depression came during a time of specie-backed, real-value currency. Gold did nothing to make the economy stable because it was only one factor and by not floating relative to the market it made things less stable, not more.
The most stable basis for a currency is to have it indexed not to one commodity, but to many, as represented by a measure like the GDP so that the rise of one commodity is balanced out by the decline in others. That's exactly what the Federal Reserve was originally intended to use as its basis for the currency. The value of money was supposed to be tied directly to the GDP so that the money supply would grow in proportion to legitimate demand and productivity. That's a far more stable system than using any single commodity like gold as the basis for your money.
The problem is not the concept of the federal reserve, it is the misuse of the power of the federal reserve and the abandonment of the principle of tying the money supply to GDP which began in the 1970s. So long as the money supply expanded and contracted with the economy the system worked. When the bankers started inflating the money supply to create artificial booms they also created busts to go along with them.
But in a nutshell it's the abuse of the system, not the system itself which is the problem.
We hear the cry, "let's return to the gold standard" as politicians dig us deeper and deeper into debt and inevitably inflate the currency. It sounds compelling...not so fast!
Read what Dave Nalle has to say about the Federal Reserve.
Blame the Bankers
Dave Nalle
June 5, 2010
Many of those who oppose the Federal Reserve system or any other kind of national bank do so in gross ignorance of history. They assume that it is the system which has led to economic problems and that going back to an older gold-based system would stabilize the economy. The problem is that the historical record does not bear this out.
The reason why we switched to a managed paper currency in the first place was that specie based money was unstable. Throughout the period when we used a gold based system we had repeated booms and busts and crashes and bubbles caused by market manipulation, the real estate market, credit shortages, natural disasters and other factors. Every crash from the south sea bubble to the great depression came during a time of specie-backed, real-value currency. Gold did nothing to make the economy stable because it was only one factor and by not floating relative to the market it made things less stable, not more.
The most stable basis for a currency is to have it indexed not to one commodity, but to many, as represented by a measure like the GDP so that the rise of one commodity is balanced out by the decline in others. That's exactly what the Federal Reserve was originally intended to use as its basis for the currency. The value of money was supposed to be tied directly to the GDP so that the money supply would grow in proportion to legitimate demand and productivity. That's a far more stable system than using any single commodity like gold as the basis for your money.
The problem is not the concept of the federal reserve, it is the misuse of the power of the federal reserve and the abandonment of the principle of tying the money supply to GDP which began in the 1970s. So long as the money supply expanded and contracted with the economy the system worked. When the bankers started inflating the money supply to create artificial booms they also created busts to go along with them.
But in a nutshell it's the abuse of the system, not the system itself which is the problem.
Friday, June 4, 2010
An Obama--"Peace Flotilla" Connection?
Did Barack Obama's terrorist friends--Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dorn--organize the "palestinian peace flotilla"? Would it surprise anyone? Amazing, read this:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/ayers-dohrn-helped-organize-flotilla-group-95435639.html
Ayers, Dohrn helped organize flotilla group
By: Barbara Hollingsworth
Local Opinion Editor
06/02/10 5:51 PM EDT
Former Weather Underground leaders William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, as well as Code Pink founder Jodie Evans, helped organize the Free Gaza Movement, which launched the six-ship flotilla from Turkey to Israel that ended in a violent clash with Israeli Defense Forces, BigGovernment.com reported.
In January, the trio were spotted in Egypt attempting to stir up crowds on the streets with 1,400 other left-wing activists after the Egyptian government refused to allow Free Gaza Movement members to enter the Gaza Strip. About 100 marchers were eventually allowed to cross the border, where they were met by former Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh....
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/ayers-dohrn-helped-organize-flotilla-group-95435639.html
Ayers, Dohrn helped organize flotilla group
By: Barbara Hollingsworth
Local Opinion Editor
06/02/10 5:51 PM EDT
Former Weather Underground leaders William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, as well as Code Pink founder Jodie Evans, helped organize the Free Gaza Movement, which launched the six-ship flotilla from Turkey to Israel that ended in a violent clash with Israeli Defense Forces, BigGovernment.com reported.
In January, the trio were spotted in Egypt attempting to stir up crowds on the streets with 1,400 other left-wing activists after the Egyptian government refused to allow Free Gaza Movement members to enter the Gaza Strip. About 100 marchers were eventually allowed to cross the border, where they were met by former Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh....
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, a Memorial Day Tribute
You'd be hard pressed to find a more beautiful and stirring tribute to those who gave their lives for the cause of human freedom. Ironically, President Lincoln considered it inadequate and called the speech a "flat failure." Today we think of it as one of the greatest speeches in American history.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom— and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Amen.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom— and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Amen.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Bailouts, and the Worldwide Collapse of Nanny State Socialism.
Connie Hair at Human Events has written an eye-opening article about the US taxpayer's partial bailout of Greece AND the European Union via the International Monetary Fund. The Obama Administration is desperately trying to keep the Euro-socialist economies from failing, while at the same time avoiding the only lesson that's worth learning here:
Socialism doesn't work! As Margaret Thatcher said, "sooner or later you run out of other people's money."
Socialism violates the most basic principles of the property rights which underlie our freedoms. Whether it's the national socialist/fascist model, international socialist/communist model, or the Euro-socialist nanny state model with it's runaway public sector unionism, the result is always the same: Socialism fails every time it's tried. It collapses of it's own immorality because the state functions as a klepocratic, redistributionist cancer--afflicting the ambitious and hard-working with crippling taxes in order to buy the votes of the rest.
There are three legitimate balance sheets left in the world:
--The German household which is backing German government and EU deficit spending,
--The Chinese household which is in the midst of a GIGANTIC housing bubble,
--And the American household, already overburdened with mortgage and credit debt.
They're backing all of the irresponsible borrowing and spending of their respective governments. In other words, the emperor has no clothes! We are in the midst of the largest confidence scheme in the history of the world. Washington DC is printing money and monetizing debt as never before and the money backing it (the American household) JUST ISN'T THERE! Check out national debt/citizen, personal debt/citizen and then unfunded liability per citizen. All together its $447K per citizen. Subtract $234K assets per citizen and you get $213K total liability per citizen (a hell of a lot higher per taxpayer!). Of course this does not include the billions in IMF pledges we just made to the EU. The same holds true for the EU and to a lesser extent China and Japan.
The majority of the population capable of basic comprehension understands that we are creating unsustainable debt, and that there will be hell to pay as the result. Most people also understand that getting OUT of personal debt is the best strategy for surviving the coming crash. And it's not a question of IF that crash will happen, it's only a matter of WHEN it happens.
What works for individual households also holds true for nations. Debt creation and deficit spending must be reduced.
In her article Connie Hair quotes Mike Pence (R-IN) as saying, “America is not looking to the European Union to bail out New Jersey or California,” he said. “The European Union should not be looking to the taxpayers of the United States of America to provide the loan guarantees to bail out Greece or Portugal or Spain or any other country.”
Socialism doesn't work! As Margaret Thatcher said, "sooner or later you run out of other people's money."
Socialism violates the most basic principles of the property rights which underlie our freedoms. Whether it's the national socialist/fascist model, international socialist/communist model, or the Euro-socialist nanny state model with it's runaway public sector unionism, the result is always the same: Socialism fails every time it's tried. It collapses of it's own immorality because the state functions as a klepocratic, redistributionist cancer--afflicting the ambitious and hard-working with crippling taxes in order to buy the votes of the rest.
There are three legitimate balance sheets left in the world:
--The German household which is backing German government and EU deficit spending,
--The Chinese household which is in the midst of a GIGANTIC housing bubble,
--And the American household, already overburdened with mortgage and credit debt.
They're backing all of the irresponsible borrowing and spending of their respective governments. In other words, the emperor has no clothes! We are in the midst of the largest confidence scheme in the history of the world. Washington DC is printing money and monetizing debt as never before and the money backing it (the American household) JUST ISN'T THERE! Check out national debt/citizen, personal debt/citizen and then unfunded liability per citizen. All together its $447K per citizen. Subtract $234K assets per citizen and you get $213K total liability per citizen (a hell of a lot higher per taxpayer!). Of course this does not include the billions in IMF pledges we just made to the EU. The same holds true for the EU and to a lesser extent China and Japan.
The majority of the population capable of basic comprehension understands that we are creating unsustainable debt, and that there will be hell to pay as the result. Most people also understand that getting OUT of personal debt is the best strategy for surviving the coming crash. And it's not a question of IF that crash will happen, it's only a matter of WHEN it happens.
What works for individual households also holds true for nations. Debt creation and deficit spending must be reduced.
In her article Connie Hair quotes Mike Pence (R-IN) as saying, “America is not looking to the European Union to bail out New Jersey or California,” he said. “The European Union should not be looking to the taxpayers of the United States of America to provide the loan guarantees to bail out Greece or Portugal or Spain or any other country.”
Amen brother Mike! Our own socialists have given us enough debt to deal with here at home. Flushing $54 billion dollars more into the Euro-toilet is adding insult to the injury already suffered by the American taxpayer. Our only chance for surviving the coming crash is to reduce government spending dramatically across the board, and grow our economy by cutting taxes. The FairTax seems to be the best system of federal taxation to save our economy.
The Republicans are currently working on legislation to block the planned European bailouts. It's a good start!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Bob Bennett's Defeat in Utah and the Conservative Counter-Insurgency.
The news media is telling us that Utah Senator Bob Bennett was defeated by the Tea Party, a "radicalized conservative base", and an anti-incumbency fervor that is now sweeping the nation. Fox News went so far as to claim that Senator Bennett is a "staunch, principled conservative" whose defeat in the Utah primary promises doom for Republicans in the general election. As usual the media got it wrong.
Bob Bennett voted for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), believing the Democrat's promises that the loan repayments from banks and mortgage companies would be used to pay down the debt.
My teenage daughter knows better!
The Obama Administration, their unaccountable gang of "czars", and the Democrats have used the TARP funds to wage war against American free markets and exert a quasi-fascistic control over our financial system. They have used these funds to undermine our institutions and they now use repayment as an excuse to spend us into even deeper debt.
That's what Democrats do!
Admittedly, many Republicans voted for the TARP program, many out of fear alone. Why didn't Bob Bennett know better? He also voted for a bi-partisan health care reform bill that was only marginally better than ObamaCare. It was STILL a stinker!
--A principled conservative would have known better and fought for free market solutions only!
--A principled conservative would have understood that the true purpose of ObamaCare was the outright destruction of the free market health insurance industry, forcing Americans to run to government for their health care needs.
--A principled conservative would have understood that the end game of ObamaCare was to control people's votes by controlling their access to health care. And last but not least...
--A principled conservative would have made this case loud and clear to his constituents.
On some issues, Bob Bennett is a conservative who understands the Constitution. On a few of the most important issues he has failed to provide desperately needed conservative leadership. He chose to cooperate with tyranny (or at least turn a blind eye to it) and meet it halfway. Thankfully he's been shown the door.
The Democrat party has been taken over by left-wing radicals. Our nation is under sustained attack from those radicals, and that assault MUST be met head on by principled conservatives who hold to the Constitutional principles of limited government.
The counter-insurgency marches on.
Way to go Utah!!
Bob Bennett voted for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), believing the Democrat's promises that the loan repayments from banks and mortgage companies would be used to pay down the debt.
My teenage daughter knows better!
The Obama Administration, their unaccountable gang of "czars", and the Democrats have used the TARP funds to wage war against American free markets and exert a quasi-fascistic control over our financial system. They have used these funds to undermine our institutions and they now use repayment as an excuse to spend us into even deeper debt.
That's what Democrats do!
Admittedly, many Republicans voted for the TARP program, many out of fear alone. Why didn't Bob Bennett know better? He also voted for a bi-partisan health care reform bill that was only marginally better than ObamaCare. It was STILL a stinker!
--A principled conservative would have known better and fought for free market solutions only!
--A principled conservative would have understood that the true purpose of ObamaCare was the outright destruction of the free market health insurance industry, forcing Americans to run to government for their health care needs.
--A principled conservative would have understood that the end game of ObamaCare was to control people's votes by controlling their access to health care. And last but not least...
--A principled conservative would have made this case loud and clear to his constituents.
On some issues, Bob Bennett is a conservative who understands the Constitution. On a few of the most important issues he has failed to provide desperately needed conservative leadership. He chose to cooperate with tyranny (or at least turn a blind eye to it) and meet it halfway. Thankfully he's been shown the door.
The Democrat party has been taken over by left-wing radicals. Our nation is under sustained attack from those radicals, and that assault MUST be met head on by principled conservatives who hold to the Constitutional principles of limited government.
The counter-insurgency marches on.
Way to go Utah!!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
More Context and Proportion on the B.P. Gulf Oil Spill
Today I intended to delve into the question of "why" the left and the media was hyperventilating over the Gulf oil spill. That's been delayed for a day or two. The adjectives used to describe the spill were over the top, and in some cases just plain dishonest. To give context--and more importantly a sense of proportion--to the story, I made the simple case that the daily flow (5000 barrels or 200K gallons) was equal to 1/3 of an Olympic competition swimming pool. A poster on the US News and World Report website has done me one better, and shed some light into the hysteria surrounding the oil spill. Enjoy.--
How About A Little Perspective? A Sticky Mess - Not A Cataclysmic Disaster
"Natural seepage of crude oil from the sea floor into the marine environment of North America exceed 47 million gallons, and 180 million gallons globally."
“Activities associated with extraction and production introduce an average of 880 thousand gallons in North American waters and 11 million gallons worldwide.”
*Source, “Oil in the Sea III” Committee on Oil in the Sea - National Research Council.
“Natural seeps from the earth’s undersea strata introduce about 1700 barrels of oil a day in U.S. marine waters, which is approximately 150 times the amount from offshore oil and gas activities.”
*Source, “National Academy of Sciences 2003-2004.
“Natural seepage introduces 160 kilotons into North American Waters annually. Total from exploration, extraction, transportation and refining is approximately 12 kilotons.”
*Source, “U.S. Dept. of the Interior - Minerals Management Service 2004.
“Activities associated with exploration and production account for 3 - 5% of all releases due to anthropogenic activity.”
*Source, “Committee on Oil in the Sea: Inputs and Effects - National Research Council - National Academy of Science 2003”
Here are some more fun factoids.
1. More oil was spilled into the sea from shipping losses every 6 weeks of W.W.II than in the entire 65 years since the war’s end. The oceans survived.
2. The “hopane marker” of petro-chemical pollution in the sea reached it’s maximum in 1946 and has been in decline ever since.
3. In 1792-6, George Vancouver, Captain Cooke’s famous navigator made notes in his log regarding numerous, vast oil slicks off the Pacific Coast of North America. Juan Cabrillo recorded similar experiences in the mid 16th century off the coast of California.
4. Over the past 20,000 years sea levels have risen more than 300 feet (YOU THINK ALGORE KNOWS THAT?) and the erosion caused by rising levels has increased “natural seepage.”
5. University of Ca. Santa Barbara researchers (Hardly a neo-con group) find that off shore drilling reduces natural seepage of crude oil by more than 50%.
6. 20-30 tons of oil leak from southern California under fissures every day! Remember, this number would double if we eliminate off shore drilling.
7. Truk Lagoon was the site of the most intense fuel/oil spill on record. 77 Japanese ships were sunk by American dive and torpedo bombers, dropping thousands of tons of high explosives into the enclosed lagoon, in a single day. The lagoon did not become a "Super Fund" site, but rather a thriving dive resort with a wonderful and diverse underwater ecosystem. Oil still leaks from the sunken vessels 66 years later.
R.L. Schaefer of CA
How About A Little Perspective? A Sticky Mess - Not A Cataclysmic Disaster
"Natural seepage of crude oil from the sea floor into the marine environment of North America exceed 47 million gallons, and 180 million gallons globally."
“Activities associated with extraction and production introduce an average of 880 thousand gallons in North American waters and 11 million gallons worldwide.”
*Source, “Oil in the Sea III” Committee on Oil in the Sea - National Research Council.
“Natural seeps from the earth’s undersea strata introduce about 1700 barrels of oil a day in U.S. marine waters, which is approximately 150 times the amount from offshore oil and gas activities.”
*Source, “National Academy of Sciences 2003-2004.
“Natural seepage introduces 160 kilotons into North American Waters annually. Total from exploration, extraction, transportation and refining is approximately 12 kilotons.”
*Source, “U.S. Dept. of the Interior - Minerals Management Service 2004.
“Activities associated with exploration and production account for 3 - 5% of all releases due to anthropogenic activity.”
*Source, “Committee on Oil in the Sea: Inputs and Effects - National Research Council - National Academy of Science 2003”
Here are some more fun factoids.
1. More oil was spilled into the sea from shipping losses every 6 weeks of W.W.II than in the entire 65 years since the war’s end. The oceans survived.
2. The “hopane marker” of petro-chemical pollution in the sea reached it’s maximum in 1946 and has been in decline ever since.
3. In 1792-6, George Vancouver, Captain Cooke’s famous navigator made notes in his log regarding numerous, vast oil slicks off the Pacific Coast of North America. Juan Cabrillo recorded similar experiences in the mid 16th century off the coast of California.
4. Over the past 20,000 years sea levels have risen more than 300 feet (YOU THINK ALGORE KNOWS THAT?) and the erosion caused by rising levels has increased “natural seepage.”
5. University of Ca. Santa Barbara researchers (Hardly a neo-con group) find that off shore drilling reduces natural seepage of crude oil by more than 50%.
6. 20-30 tons of oil leak from southern California under fissures every day! Remember, this number would double if we eliminate off shore drilling.
7. Truk Lagoon was the site of the most intense fuel/oil spill on record. 77 Japanese ships were sunk by American dive and torpedo bombers, dropping thousands of tons of high explosives into the enclosed lagoon, in a single day. The lagoon did not become a "Super Fund" site, but rather a thriving dive resort with a wonderful and diverse underwater ecosystem. Oil still leaks from the sunken vessels 66 years later.
R.L. Schaefer of CA
Saturday, May 1, 2010
On Oil Spills, Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics...
Just yesterday our fearless leader, Barack Obama, finally woke up and noticed that that we have an ongoing oil spill happening in the Gulf. We can only venture a guess what arguments David Axelrod used to divert Obama's attention from his full frontal assault on our capitalist economic system, but some sort of political fallout from spilt oil is the ONLY thing that comes to mind.
Yesterday (April 30th) the airwaves were LITTERED with such breathless words and phrases as "catastrophic, environmental disaster, worst oil spill ever, a catastrophe for 5 states" and worse. All of the media outlets are using the exact same talking points and phrases to describe the 200,000 gallon per day spill.
Am I the only one who's deeply distressed by the sad state of affairs which has befallen America journalism? There was a time when at least a handful of Columbia Journalism School graduates in the "mainstream media" took enough pride in their work to take out a calculator and do their job properly by adding context to the hyperbole. Heck, that's a trick I learned in my third week of window cleaning school. (chuckle)
My point here is not to diminish the environmental damage done by this big spill, but to add FACTS and CONTEXT to the hype, both of which are sorely lacking in the media spin.
Fact: There are 7.5 gallons in a cubic foot.
Fact: An average Olympic competition swimming pool is 158ft. long x 60 ft. wide x 8.5 ft. deep.
Fact: That pool has 80,580 cubic ft. of water.
Fact: When you multiply 80,580 cubic ft. x 7.5 gallons you get 604,350 gallons in the pool.
Fact: Divide 604,350 by 200,000 (the amount spilled per day) and you get 3.02.
Fact: The amount spilled per day by the oil well is 1/3rd of an Olympic swimming pool.
You read that right...
The amount spilled per day by the oil well is 1/3rd of an Olympic swimming pool!!
Again, I'm not attempting to minimize the size or scope of the spill, I'm only adding a sense of true scale to the media hyperbole. As this oil spill story continues you can fully expect the Obama Adminstration and their media enablers on the left to continue the hysterical predictions of apocalyptic gloom and doom.
Yesterday (April 30th) the airwaves were LITTERED with such breathless words and phrases as "catastrophic, environmental disaster, worst oil spill ever, a catastrophe for 5 states" and worse. All of the media outlets are using the exact same talking points and phrases to describe the 200,000 gallon per day spill.
Am I the only one who's deeply distressed by the sad state of affairs which has befallen America journalism? There was a time when at least a handful of Columbia Journalism School graduates in the "mainstream media" took enough pride in their work to take out a calculator and do their job properly by adding context to the hyperbole. Heck, that's a trick I learned in my third week of window cleaning school. (chuckle)
My point here is not to diminish the environmental damage done by this big spill, but to add FACTS and CONTEXT to the hype, both of which are sorely lacking in the media spin.
Fact: There are 7.5 gallons in a cubic foot.
Fact: An average Olympic competition swimming pool is 158ft. long x 60 ft. wide x 8.5 ft. deep.
Fact: That pool has 80,580 cubic ft. of water.
Fact: When you multiply 80,580 cubic ft. x 7.5 gallons you get 604,350 gallons in the pool.
Fact: Divide 604,350 by 200,000 (the amount spilled per day) and you get 3.02.
Fact: The amount spilled per day by the oil well is 1/3rd of an Olympic swimming pool.
You read that right...
The amount spilled per day by the oil well is 1/3rd of an Olympic swimming pool!!
Again, I'm not attempting to minimize the size or scope of the spill, I'm only adding a sense of true scale to the media hyperbole. As this oil spill story continues you can fully expect the Obama Adminstration and their media enablers on the left to continue the hysterical predictions of apocalyptic gloom and doom.
Tomorrow I'll tell you why they push the hysteria.
Monday, March 22, 2010
We Just Suffered a Domestic 9-11 Attack.
With ObamaCare now the law of the land we literally have two elections left to save America.
Hopefully the next Congress will include enough conservative Republicans to stymie EVERYTHING the ghetto commie tries to do.
THE single most important thing they can do is starve every single bill which includes funding for this Frankenstein monster of a bill!
We all have our favorite legislative agendas; until now, mine was the FairTax. Now that's on the backburner. If you're a conservative who cares for this country, your focus needs to change ASAP!
There's something we need to do en masse, right now!
Contact your Representatives and Senators and tell them in NO uncertain terms that any bill which includes funding for ObamaCare needs to be opposed.
It doesn't even matter if it's a military appropriations bill, this monster called ObamaCare must be starved if we are to survive as a free people.
These leftists in DC are a FAR more sinister threat to America than Al-Qaida ever could be!
Hopefully the next Congress will include enough conservative Republicans to stymie EVERYTHING the ghetto commie tries to do.
THE single most important thing they can do is starve every single bill which includes funding for this Frankenstein monster of a bill!
We all have our favorite legislative agendas; until now, mine was the FairTax. Now that's on the backburner. If you're a conservative who cares for this country, your focus needs to change ASAP!
There's something we need to do en masse, right now!
Contact your Representatives and Senators and tell them in NO uncertain terms that any bill which includes funding for ObamaCare needs to be opposed.
It doesn't even matter if it's a military appropriations bill, this monster called ObamaCare must be starved if we are to survive as a free people.
These leftists in DC are a FAR more sinister threat to America than Al-Qaida ever could be!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
16,000 New IRS Agents? Here Are the Phone Numbers. HURRY!
B.O.H.I.C.A. America! Some of you voted for these Democrats, and boy oh boy are they going to stick it to you! All right folks, we're almost at ZERO hour. Our American way of life is under serious assault and you need to contact these representatives ASAP and let them know how you feel about this health care takeover. Take a few minutes to figure out the zip codes, and FLOOD their offices with the clear message that we are NOT going to accept a government takeover of our health care! (Scroll down for list)
http://www.americasnewsonline.com/the-irs-will-enforce-the-obama-healthcare-bill-903/
By James Fox on March 19, 2010, 7:27 am
A new report, released by Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee, detailed information that if the new health care plan becomes law it will greatly increase the work of the Internal Revenue Service. They also say that it will add to the IRS’s heavy hand compared to what it is now.
More Than 16,000 New IRS Workers Will Be Needed:
The IRS says that the new health care plan will mean additional taxes and penalties. This will require 16,000 new IRS employees in the department. They will include workers to enforce the regulations and collect fees as well as additional agents and auditors. The IRS will be given the authority, according to the Republicans report, to fine a person up to $2500, or two per cent of their income, whichever is great, if the person cannot prove they have purchased a minimum essential health care coverage.
Powers The IRS Will Have With The New Health Care Reform:
According to the newly released document, prepared by the Republicans, they report the IRS can confiscate a tax refund. Additionally, they suggest that the number of audits conducted each year will increase. During this decade they say the IRS will need additional funding of $10 billion just to administer the new health care program. Further, they contend the IRS might need to hire up to 16,500 additional employees in order to collect, what they anticipate will be, billions of dollars in new taxes from Americans.---
**Do you want to STOP this offense against our uniquely American way of life?
We are under siege from our own government! Burn up the phone lines and the e-mails today, do what you can to preserve the American way of life. From Laura Ingraham:
http://www.lauraingraham.com/b/The-final-ObamaCare-call-list/-929452880079376119.html
March 19, 2010
The final ObamaCare call list
Posted by Staff Please note: Most representatives' email contact forms require you to enter a zip code and address located within their district.
Talking points: Americans for Tax Reform (PDF)
House Democrats on the fence:
Brian Baird (WA-03)
202-225-3536
https://forms.house.gov/baird/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Jason Altmire (PA-4)
202-225- 2565
https://forms.house.gov/altmire/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Lincoln Davis (TN-04)
202-225-6831
http://www.house.gov/lincolndavis/contact/email.htm
Glenn Nye (VA-02)
202-225-4215
http://nye.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=74§iontree=4,74
John Tanner (TN-08)
202-225-4714
https://forms.house.gov/tanner/webforms/contact.shtml
Harry Teague (NM-02)
202-225-2365
http://teague.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=225&Itemid=72
John Boccieri (OH-16)
202-225-3876
https://forms.house.gov/boccieri/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24)
202-225-2706.
https://forms.house.gov/kosmas/webforms/contact.html
Scott Murphy (NY-20)
202-225-5614
scottmurphy.house.gov/
Tell Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA) not to give in to Obama.
202-225-6636
http://josephcao.house.gov/contact/
Here's The Hill's latest whip count
http://www.americasnewsonline.com/the-irs-will-enforce-the-obama-healthcare-bill-903/
By James Fox on March 19, 2010, 7:27 am
A new report, released by Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee, detailed information that if the new health care plan becomes law it will greatly increase the work of the Internal Revenue Service. They also say that it will add to the IRS’s heavy hand compared to what it is now.
More Than 16,000 New IRS Workers Will Be Needed:
The IRS says that the new health care plan will mean additional taxes and penalties. This will require 16,000 new IRS employees in the department. They will include workers to enforce the regulations and collect fees as well as additional agents and auditors. The IRS will be given the authority, according to the Republicans report, to fine a person up to $2500, or two per cent of their income, whichever is great, if the person cannot prove they have purchased a minimum essential health care coverage.
Powers The IRS Will Have With The New Health Care Reform:
According to the newly released document, prepared by the Republicans, they report the IRS can confiscate a tax refund. Additionally, they suggest that the number of audits conducted each year will increase. During this decade they say the IRS will need additional funding of $10 billion just to administer the new health care program. Further, they contend the IRS might need to hire up to 16,500 additional employees in order to collect, what they anticipate will be, billions of dollars in new taxes from Americans.---
**Do you want to STOP this offense against our uniquely American way of life?
We are under siege from our own government! Burn up the phone lines and the e-mails today, do what you can to preserve the American way of life. From Laura Ingraham:
http://www.lauraingraham.com/b/The-final-ObamaCare-call-list/-929452880079376119.html
March 19, 2010
The final ObamaCare call list
Posted by Staff Please note: Most representatives' email contact forms require you to enter a zip code and address located within their district.
Talking points: Americans for Tax Reform (PDF)
House Democrats on the fence:
Brian Baird (WA-03)
202-225-3536
https://forms.house.gov/baird/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Jason Altmire (PA-4)
202-225- 2565
https://forms.house.gov/altmire/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Lincoln Davis (TN-04)
202-225-6831
http://www.house.gov/lincolndavis/contact/email.htm
Glenn Nye (VA-02)
202-225-4215
http://nye.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=74§iontree=4,74
John Tanner (TN-08)
202-225-4714
https://forms.house.gov/tanner/webforms/contact.shtml
Harry Teague (NM-02)
202-225-2365
http://teague.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=225&Itemid=72
John Boccieri (OH-16)
202-225-3876
https://forms.house.gov/boccieri/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24)
202-225-2706.
https://forms.house.gov/kosmas/webforms/contact.html
Scott Murphy (NY-20)
202-225-5614
scottmurphy.house.gov/
Tell Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA) not to give in to Obama.
202-225-6636
http://josephcao.house.gov/contact/
Here's The Hill's latest whip count
Friday, March 19, 2010
Have You Ever Heard of the "Rocky Top Vote Swap"?
Representative Bart Gordon of Tenn. sold his vote on the Health Care Takeover bill for a little over 100 million dollars for the construction of a hospital for indigent patients in his district! Ain't it grande?
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/19/democrats-make-final-reform-push/?page=2
Representative Gordon sold his vote--and sold out his country--so that he could put his name front and center on a new hospital. Let that sink in for a minute. I'd be amazed if he felt safe going home after this vote.
So now we have the Cornhusker Kickback, Gator Aid (for the state of Florida), the Rocky Top Vote Swap, the Louisiana Purchase, and the brand new Hospital in Connecticut just to name a few of the corrupt deals required to get votes. There ARE others.
Today's congresssional Democrats are the MOST CORRUPT bunch of politicians who have ever occupied our federal government.
Never have we seen the legislative process so corrupted!
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/19/democrats-make-final-reform-push/?page=2
Representative Gordon sold his vote--and sold out his country--so that he could put his name front and center on a new hospital. Let that sink in for a minute. I'd be amazed if he felt safe going home after this vote.
So now we have the Cornhusker Kickback, Gator Aid (for the state of Florida), the Rocky Top Vote Swap, the Louisiana Purchase, and the brand new Hospital in Connecticut just to name a few of the corrupt deals required to get votes. There ARE others.
Today's congresssional Democrats are the MOST CORRUPT bunch of politicians who have ever occupied our federal government.
Never have we seen the legislative process so corrupted!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
More on the Democrat Health Care Takeover
If this doesn't make your blood run cold, you're in the WRONG country!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcBaSP31Be8
Who needs communists?
Who needs fascists?
We have Democrats !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcBaSP31Be8
Who needs communists?
Who needs fascists?
We have Democrats !!
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Will BIG Brother Steal Our Retirement Income?
It sounds crazy, doesn't it? The very thought that the government may be quietly laying the groundwork to seize your retirement assets is enough to make you shudder and think, "no way! This can't be happening. Not in America. My IRA and 401k are safe."
REMEMBER that we talking about the Obama Administration and the IRS.
This is the same administration who:
--used the recent economic chaos to seize control of the American mortgage market,
--used loans to GM and Chrysler to take control of those companies. Initially they secured those loans with preferred stocks, which they quickly converted to Common Stocks so they could gain a controlling vote.
--has recently taken over the student loan business
--has appointed radical leftist "Czars" to oversee and transform ever-larger portions of our economy against the will of the people and their representatives in Congress
--has presided over a quadrupling of the budget deficit in the course of 1 year
In short, they haven't "wasted a good crisis" since taking office.
The list of Obama Administration trespasses against our freedom-based way of life is long indeed. Given their track record, is there any reason to think that they wouldn't try to get their hands on 3 TRILLION dollar$ of our retirement funds? Do you think they would be opposed to this heist on principle? REALLY?!
The following opinion piece, THE GOVERNMENT WANTS YOUR RETIREMENT, is from Neal Boortz. As you read this it's important to remember that Neal didn't pull this "possibility" from his nether regions. He read an IRS document contained at zerohedge.com.
http://boortz.com/nealz_nuze/2010/02/the-government-wants-your-reti.html
Boortz: "I've been telling you about this for a while now. This, to me, is one of the most dangerous schemes currently slithering through the crevices and dark spots of the Imperial Federal Government in Washington. What am I talking about? What I believe to be plans by the Obama administration to, in effect, seize your retirement funds and use them to finance their deficit spending. Remember ... there are more than $3 trillion dollars sitting out there in individual retirement, IRA and 401K plans. Politicians just cant stand the idea of this much money sitting out there in private investments ... out of the grasp of politicians. So .... Something needs to be done. And sure enough, something is going to be done. The Treasury Department and the Department of Labor were going to start taking comments on ways to promote the idea converting 401(k) savings and IRAs into annuities or other steady payment streams. Well you can finally take a look at this document for yourself:
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/2010-02028_PI.pdf
Here, I'll post a little to get you started: (from the IRS document)
The Department of Labor and the Department of the Treasury (the "Agencies") are currently reviewing the rules under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the plan qualification rules under the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to determine whether, and, if so, how, the Agencies could or should enhance, by regulation or otherwise, the retirement security of participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans and in individual retirement arrangements (IRAs) by facilitating access to, and use of, lifetime income or other arrangements designed to provide a lifetime stream of income after retirement. The purpose of this request for information is to solicit views, suggestions and comments from plan participants, employers and other plan sponsors, plan service providers, and members of the financial community, as well as the general public, on this important issue.
Boortz: "That's a lot of government-speak. Can you read between the lines? What is the real plan here? Behind this nonsense about "lifetime stream of income after retirement" language is a lovely little plan to force you to finance the Democrat's deficit spending. The plan is to play into the current economic fears. "Never let a good crisis go to waste." Remember the words of Rahm? The Democrats want you to question whether or not Wall Street is the right place to invest your money. Wouldn't you be safer if the government kept it for you? The government wants you to believe that it can do a better job of investing and managing your retirement than you can. And for a lot of people who believe that government is the answer, they may fine with this. (click link to continue)
http://boortz.com/nealz_nuze/2010/02/the-government-wants-your-reti.html
REMEMBER that we talking about the Obama Administration and the IRS.
This is the same administration who:
--used the recent economic chaos to seize control of the American mortgage market,
--used loans to GM and Chrysler to take control of those companies. Initially they secured those loans with preferred stocks, which they quickly converted to Common Stocks so they could gain a controlling vote.
--has recently taken over the student loan business
--has appointed radical leftist "Czars" to oversee and transform ever-larger portions of our economy against the will of the people and their representatives in Congress
--has presided over a quadrupling of the budget deficit in the course of 1 year
In short, they haven't "wasted a good crisis" since taking office.
The list of Obama Administration trespasses against our freedom-based way of life is long indeed. Given their track record, is there any reason to think that they wouldn't try to get their hands on 3 TRILLION dollar$ of our retirement funds? Do you think they would be opposed to this heist on principle? REALLY?!
The following opinion piece, THE GOVERNMENT WANTS YOUR RETIREMENT, is from Neal Boortz. As you read this it's important to remember that Neal didn't pull this "possibility" from his nether regions. He read an IRS document contained at zerohedge.com.
http://boortz.com/nealz_nuze/2010/02/the-government-wants-your-reti.html
Boortz: "I've been telling you about this for a while now. This, to me, is one of the most dangerous schemes currently slithering through the crevices and dark spots of the Imperial Federal Government in Washington. What am I talking about? What I believe to be plans by the Obama administration to, in effect, seize your retirement funds and use them to finance their deficit spending. Remember ... there are more than $3 trillion dollars sitting out there in individual retirement, IRA and 401K plans. Politicians just cant stand the idea of this much money sitting out there in private investments ... out of the grasp of politicians. So .... Something needs to be done. And sure enough, something is going to be done. The Treasury Department and the Department of Labor were going to start taking comments on ways to promote the idea converting 401(k) savings and IRAs into annuities or other steady payment streams. Well you can finally take a look at this document for yourself:
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/2010-02028_PI.pdf
Here, I'll post a little to get you started: (from the IRS document)
The Department of Labor and the Department of the Treasury (the "Agencies") are currently reviewing the rules under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the plan qualification rules under the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to determine whether, and, if so, how, the Agencies could or should enhance, by regulation or otherwise, the retirement security of participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans and in individual retirement arrangements (IRAs) by facilitating access to, and use of, lifetime income or other arrangements designed to provide a lifetime stream of income after retirement. The purpose of this request for information is to solicit views, suggestions and comments from plan participants, employers and other plan sponsors, plan service providers, and members of the financial community, as well as the general public, on this important issue.
Boortz: "That's a lot of government-speak. Can you read between the lines? What is the real plan here? Behind this nonsense about "lifetime stream of income after retirement" language is a lovely little plan to force you to finance the Democrat's deficit spending. The plan is to play into the current economic fears. "Never let a good crisis go to waste." Remember the words of Rahm? The Democrats want you to question whether or not Wall Street is the right place to invest your money. Wouldn't you be safer if the government kept it for you? The government wants you to believe that it can do a better job of investing and managing your retirement than you can. And for a lot of people who believe that government is the answer, they may fine with this. (click link to continue)
http://boortz.com/nealz_nuze/2010/02/the-government-wants-your-reti.html
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Some Thoughts on Class Warfare.
There is a plague of economic populism emanating from the political left these days. More than ever we are seeing class warfare used as a weapon to pit the "Haves" against the "Have-Nots", the "rich" vs. the "poor" and the middle class. Democrats are the main practitioners of this ugly art, but Republicans aren't totally immune to it's allure. Florida Governor Charlie Crist has "taken on big insurers" as part of his platform because he's "The People's Governor."
This strategy is nothing more than the political equivalent of the Divide and Conquer strategy for waging war, which has been variously attributed to Julius Caesar and Sun Tzu. By pitting the majority middle class and poor (collectively referred to as "working people") against the so-called "wealthy", the political left seeks to cause a seething resentment against those same wealthy people. This resentment is then used to increase taxes and enact legislation that "levels the playing field."
A typical class warfare practitioner wrote this at the jax.com opinion board yesterday:
"The taxpayer gets very little return on investment for money spent on the wealthy. While a small amount might accidently trickle back into the local economy, the majority goes into wall-street and banking games."
Note how he refers to a tax cut as "money spent on the wealthy"? That assumes that the money NOT seized by the government is only lent to the person who actually earned it. In other words, a tax cut equals government spending. This turns property rights as we know it on it's head. The ongoing attempt is to delegitimize the wealthy person's claim to their own money.
A high percentage of my customers are very wealthy people. Oftentimes my company isn't the only one doing work at a customer's home. There are painters, crews who pave driveways and decks with paving stones, pool cleaners, insurance salesman, irrigation guys, personal trainers, tanning bed vendors, carpenters, roofers, and the list gets very long.
The companies and the crews who are employed at these wealthy homes then spend their money at stores of all sorts, pay their bills and maybe even manage to save for their children's education. In turn their customers also do well. In case you're wondering, this is true economic activity. This is the "return on investment" the class warrior attempted to diminish.
What happens when the class warrior is successful in his mantra, "the rich aren't paying their fair share" or "greedy corporations are pilfering the Treasury"?
We get a tax hike on the wealthy. Social justice, right? Not so fast! The chances are better than even that the class warrior hasn't thought through the unintended consequences of his divisive rhetoric and poisonous name calling.
The wealthy family or individual will pay more in income taxes and they receive a clear message from the rest of America; "We want your money, and we'll use the government as an instrument of plunder to make it happen."
If that "rich" guy is a small businessman, as I suspect most of them are, they'll look to trim the fat from their budget asap. They will wonder: Who are my most expendable workers? Which ones can I spare without hurting profitability? Those workers will get the axe because they were probably a detriment anyways. What's the result?
Unemployment goes up, which is usually the first unintended consequence of successful class warfare and it's resultant tax increases.
If that "rich" guy is a former business owner who is semi-retired and living off investments and/or part time income, he may prioritize expenses in different ways. He may offload a car or two (in addition to the guy who details his cars), he may decide that his total relandscaping project can wait until his investments tick up again to offset his bigger tax bill. He may only want his windows cleaned every 18 months instead of every 9 months. He may decide against that new paint job or decide that the new inground pool can wait, or ALL OF THE ABOVE!
The simple and unavoidable truth is that when you seize the wealth of the rich, they take a hit for sure. Their annual income may go from 1.3 million dollars to 1.1 million, or from 980 thousand dollars to 860 thousand. So what says the class warrior defiantly, "He still has 860 THOUSAND dollars!"
And tens of thousands--if not HUNDREDS of thousands--of "working class" people are left holding their bills and wondering, "where did my job go?"
Thank your local class warrior! That's hope and change he can believe in.
This strategy is nothing more than the political equivalent of the Divide and Conquer strategy for waging war, which has been variously attributed to Julius Caesar and Sun Tzu. By pitting the majority middle class and poor (collectively referred to as "working people") against the so-called "wealthy", the political left seeks to cause a seething resentment against those same wealthy people. This resentment is then used to increase taxes and enact legislation that "levels the playing field."
A typical class warfare practitioner wrote this at the jax.com opinion board yesterday:
"The taxpayer gets very little return on investment for money spent on the wealthy. While a small amount might accidently trickle back into the local economy, the majority goes into wall-street and banking games."
Note how he refers to a tax cut as "money spent on the wealthy"? That assumes that the money NOT seized by the government is only lent to the person who actually earned it. In other words, a tax cut equals government spending. This turns property rights as we know it on it's head. The ongoing attempt is to delegitimize the wealthy person's claim to their own money.
A high percentage of my customers are very wealthy people. Oftentimes my company isn't the only one doing work at a customer's home. There are painters, crews who pave driveways and decks with paving stones, pool cleaners, insurance salesman, irrigation guys, personal trainers, tanning bed vendors, carpenters, roofers, and the list gets very long.
The companies and the crews who are employed at these wealthy homes then spend their money at stores of all sorts, pay their bills and maybe even manage to save for their children's education. In turn their customers also do well. In case you're wondering, this is true economic activity. This is the "return on investment" the class warrior attempted to diminish.
What happens when the class warrior is successful in his mantra, "the rich aren't paying their fair share" or "greedy corporations are pilfering the Treasury"?
We get a tax hike on the wealthy. Social justice, right? Not so fast! The chances are better than even that the class warrior hasn't thought through the unintended consequences of his divisive rhetoric and poisonous name calling.
The wealthy family or individual will pay more in income taxes and they receive a clear message from the rest of America; "We want your money, and we'll use the government as an instrument of plunder to make it happen."
If that "rich" guy is a small businessman, as I suspect most of them are, they'll look to trim the fat from their budget asap. They will wonder: Who are my most expendable workers? Which ones can I spare without hurting profitability? Those workers will get the axe because they were probably a detriment anyways. What's the result?
Unemployment goes up, which is usually the first unintended consequence of successful class warfare and it's resultant tax increases.
If that "rich" guy is a former business owner who is semi-retired and living off investments and/or part time income, he may prioritize expenses in different ways. He may offload a car or two (in addition to the guy who details his cars), he may decide that his total relandscaping project can wait until his investments tick up again to offset his bigger tax bill. He may only want his windows cleaned every 18 months instead of every 9 months. He may decide against that new paint job or decide that the new inground pool can wait, or ALL OF THE ABOVE!
The simple and unavoidable truth is that when you seize the wealth of the rich, they take a hit for sure. Their annual income may go from 1.3 million dollars to 1.1 million, or from 980 thousand dollars to 860 thousand. So what says the class warrior defiantly, "He still has 860 THOUSAND dollars!"
And tens of thousands--if not HUNDREDS of thousands--of "working class" people are left holding their bills and wondering, "where did my job go?"
Thank your local class warrior! That's hope and change he can believe in.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Cloward-Piven, A Strategy For Economic DESTRUCTION!
Have you recently asked yourself, "just what the HELL are these people in Washington DC doing?!" They spend TRILLIONS of dollars on "stimulus" bills and TARP plans that are really nothing more than cleverly conceived and disguised political slush funds for the re-election of Democrat incumbents. If they weren't political slush funds they would have spent that money up front rather than back-loading the majority of the funds to be spent in election year 2010. They have recently proposed ANOTHER "stimulus" bill ("Son of Stimulus"), because of course the first one hasn't worked as promised.
If this fiscal insanity weren't enough, the Democrats and Obama want to spend a trillion dollars or more on "health care reform" and another trillion or more on a ruinous Cap and Trade bill which is ostensibly intended to mitigate the supposed ill effects of Global Warming--aka Psuedoscience on steroids. These two programs will soon grow even more out of control. Adding gasoline to the fire, new spending for dozens of brand new welfare programs is buried in every appropriations bill. Just yesterday President Obama unveiled his record $3.8 TRILLION budget for the new year.
All of this fiscal insanity leads us back to the original head-scratcher, "just what the HELL are these people in Washington DC doing?!"
There are those who say that the Democrat "Progressives" are spending like lunatics to buy votes, and haven't even considered the consequences. That opinion assumes far too much stupidity from where I sit. Others say that this is an orchestrated attempt to crash the financial system and remake America as a far poorer socialist state. To date, it's gone by the name of "Hope and Change we can believe in." In truth this is a strategy, and it already has a name.
Welcome to the Cloward-Piven Strategy of Orchestrated Crisis. In a nutshell, the aim of Cloward-Piven is to bring America to her knees and force political change by overwhelming us with debt and a colossal welfare state. This is malevolent and 100% purposeful, and it must be STOPPED if we are to survive as a free people.
The following link explains this evil plan:
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6967
Glenn Beck also explains Cloward-Piven in a frightening five part video series. Grab your favorite alcoholic beverage and the blood pressure medicine. Believe me, you'll need both.
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/01/06/the-lefts-architects-of-disaster/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+newsrealblogfb+%28NewsReal+Blog%29
The fantastic and talented conservatives at Axis of Right (highly recommended) explain how we arrived at 14.3 trillion dollars of debt:
http://axisofright.com/2010/01/28/new-debt-limit-14-5-trillion/
-In 2001 when Bush took office, the debt was roughly 1/3 of what it is today, at $5.6 trillion.
-In 2006, the Congress voted to raise the debt limit by $784 billion to $9 trillion.
-In 2007, Congress voted to raise the debt limit by $850 billion, to $9.85 trillion.
-In 2008, Congress voted to raise the debt limit by another $800 billion, to $10.6 trillion.
-In late 2008, Congress voted again (as part of TARP) to raise the debt limit by $700 billion, to -$11.3 trillion.
-In early 2009, Congress voted to raise the debt ceiling (as part of the Porkulus bill) by $800 billion to $12.1 trillion.
-Just last month in December of 2009, Congress, running out of money, raised the debt ceiling by just under $300 billion, to $12.4 trillion.
-Now, Congress is raising the debt limit by a whopping $1.9 trillion. That’s more than the last three debt ceiling raises combined.
-The total of debt ceiling increases passed during the first year of the Obama administration now nearly equal to the increases passed in the first six years of Bush’s presidency.
Or, to look at it another way:
-Total debt ceiling increases under Bush and Republican Congress (6 years): $3.4 trillion
-Total debt ceiling increases under Bush and Democrat Congress (2 years): $2.35 trillion
-Total debt ceiling increases under Obama and Democrat Congress (1 year): $3. trillion
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Let's look at the big picture. We have out-of-control spending at a time when tax receipts are at a low point due to an economy in recession. To add economic (and moral) insult to injury, the Democrats have dramatically expanded the welfare rolls, and pushed for huge new taxes using class warfare rhetoric, Cap and Trade legislation, and a complete step by step takover of the American health care system. The result of these huge new taxes will be more economic stagnation and debt.
This is beyond mere stupidity, it's PURPOSEFUL DESTRUCTION!
It's Cloward-Piven. Sharpen your pitchforks folks, you may just need them soon....
If this fiscal insanity weren't enough, the Democrats and Obama want to spend a trillion dollars or more on "health care reform" and another trillion or more on a ruinous Cap and Trade bill which is ostensibly intended to mitigate the supposed ill effects of Global Warming--aka Psuedoscience on steroids. These two programs will soon grow even more out of control. Adding gasoline to the fire, new spending for dozens of brand new welfare programs is buried in every appropriations bill. Just yesterday President Obama unveiled his record $3.8 TRILLION budget for the new year.
All of this fiscal insanity leads us back to the original head-scratcher, "just what the HELL are these people in Washington DC doing?!"
There are those who say that the Democrat "Progressives" are spending like lunatics to buy votes, and haven't even considered the consequences. That opinion assumes far too much stupidity from where I sit. Others say that this is an orchestrated attempt to crash the financial system and remake America as a far poorer socialist state. To date, it's gone by the name of "Hope and Change we can believe in." In truth this is a strategy, and it already has a name.
Welcome to the Cloward-Piven Strategy of Orchestrated Crisis. In a nutshell, the aim of Cloward-Piven is to bring America to her knees and force political change by overwhelming us with debt and a colossal welfare state. This is malevolent and 100% purposeful, and it must be STOPPED if we are to survive as a free people.
The following link explains this evil plan:
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6967
Glenn Beck also explains Cloward-Piven in a frightening five part video series. Grab your favorite alcoholic beverage and the blood pressure medicine. Believe me, you'll need both.
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/01/06/the-lefts-architects-of-disaster/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+newsrealblogfb+%28NewsReal+Blog%29
The fantastic and talented conservatives at Axis of Right (highly recommended) explain how we arrived at 14.3 trillion dollars of debt:
http://axisofright.com/2010/01/28/new-debt-limit-14-5-trillion/
-In 2001 when Bush took office, the debt was roughly 1/3 of what it is today, at $5.6 trillion.
-In 2006, the Congress voted to raise the debt limit by $784 billion to $9 trillion.
-In 2007, Congress voted to raise the debt limit by $850 billion, to $9.85 trillion.
-In 2008, Congress voted to raise the debt limit by another $800 billion, to $10.6 trillion.
-In late 2008, Congress voted again (as part of TARP) to raise the debt limit by $700 billion, to -$11.3 trillion.
-In early 2009, Congress voted to raise the debt ceiling (as part of the Porkulus bill) by $800 billion to $12.1 trillion.
-Just last month in December of 2009, Congress, running out of money, raised the debt ceiling by just under $300 billion, to $12.4 trillion.
-Now, Congress is raising the debt limit by a whopping $1.9 trillion. That’s more than the last three debt ceiling raises combined.
-The total of debt ceiling increases passed during the first year of the Obama administration now nearly equal to the increases passed in the first six years of Bush’s presidency.
Or, to look at it another way:
-Total debt ceiling increases under Bush and Republican Congress (6 years): $3.4 trillion
-Total debt ceiling increases under Bush and Democrat Congress (2 years): $2.35 trillion
-Total debt ceiling increases under Obama and Democrat Congress (1 year): $3. trillion
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Let's look at the big picture. We have out-of-control spending at a time when tax receipts are at a low point due to an economy in recession. To add economic (and moral) insult to injury, the Democrats have dramatically expanded the welfare rolls, and pushed for huge new taxes using class warfare rhetoric, Cap and Trade legislation, and a complete step by step takover of the American health care system. The result of these huge new taxes will be more economic stagnation and debt.
This is beyond mere stupidity, it's PURPOSEFUL DESTRUCTION!
It's Cloward-Piven. Sharpen your pitchforks folks, you may just need them soon....
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