Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Corrupt Son of a Kenyan...
I showed my wife the video, "Burning Down the House...", (which, by the way, has been taken down from You Tube by Warner Brothers, so search for it and you will find it if my link to it fails).
Anyway, my wife pointed out that the sermon at Church this past week was "The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions." Even if you can say, as she did, that BHO's and the folks on street level, the neighborhood activists, the social workers...had "good intentions", they SHOULD have known the ramifications of their actions. They should have figured their practices were predatory. For GOD's sake, the loans were called SUB-PRIME for a reason! Sub- prime is a nice way of saying "HIGH-RISK"! Sub-prime is a candy coated way to say, "LESS THAN IDEAL." Sub-prime is a great term to call loans that should not be lent.
Stupidity is no excuse for a Presidential candidate. "I didn't figure it would explode..." is not an appropriate reponse.
Follow the money, and it leads straight to Hell. A great place for a smooth talking, politically savvy corrupt son of a Kenyan and his multi-millionaire peices of crap cronies. May they rot in hell.
Anyway, my wife pointed out that the sermon at Church this past week was "The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions." Even if you can say, as she did, that BHO's and the folks on street level, the neighborhood activists, the social workers...had "good intentions", they SHOULD have known the ramifications of their actions. They should have figured their practices were predatory. For GOD's sake, the loans were called SUB-PRIME for a reason! Sub- prime is a nice way of saying "HIGH-RISK"! Sub-prime is a candy coated way to say, "LESS THAN IDEAL." Sub-prime is a great term to call loans that should not be lent.
Stupidity is no excuse for a Presidential candidate. "I didn't figure it would explode..." is not an appropriate reponse.
Follow the money, and it leads straight to Hell. A great place for a smooth talking, politically savvy corrupt son of a Kenyan and his multi-millionaire peices of crap cronies. May they rot in hell.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign’s Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESaturday, September 27, 2008
Contact: Jessica Robinson, 573-751-0290
JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics.
“St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.
“What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, the party that claims to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of prosecution and criminal punishment.
“This abuse of the law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of Jefferson. I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights. The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill free and open debate, to suppress support and donations to conservative organizations targeted by this anti-civil rights, to strangle criticism of Mr. Obama, to suppress ads about his support of higher taxes, and to choke out criticism on television, radio, the Internet, blogs, e-mail and daily conversation about the election.
“Barack Obama needs to grow up. Leftist blogs and others in the press constantly say false things about me and my family. Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them. Enlisting Missouri law enforcement to intimidate people and kill free debate is reminiscent of the Sedition Acts - not a free society.”
Contact: Jessica Robinson, 573-751-0290
JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics.
“St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.
“What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, the party that claims to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of prosecution and criminal punishment.
“This abuse of the law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of Jefferson. I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights. The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill free and open debate, to suppress support and donations to conservative organizations targeted by this anti-civil rights, to strangle criticism of Mr. Obama, to suppress ads about his support of higher taxes, and to choke out criticism on television, radio, the Internet, blogs, e-mail and daily conversation about the election.
“Barack Obama needs to grow up. Leftist blogs and others in the press constantly say false things about me and my family. Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them. Enlisting Missouri law enforcement to intimidate people and kill free debate is reminiscent of the Sedition Acts - not a free society.”
John McCAIN - Foreshadowing - May 2006...
"If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole."
John McCain, Senate Floor, 5/25/2006
John McCain, Senate Floor, 5/25/2006
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Barack, Barack....How Does Your Garden Grow?
A $100,000 state grant for a botanic garden in Englewood that then-state Sen. Barack Obama awarded in 2001 to a group headed by a onetime campaign volunteer is now under investigation by the Illinois attorney general amid new questions, prompted by Chicago Sun-Times reports, about whether the money might have been misspent.
The garden was never built. And now state records obtained by the Sun-Times show $65,000 of the grant money went to the wife of Kenny B. Smith, the Obama 2000 congressional campaign volunteer who heads the Chicago Better Housing Association, which was in charge of the project for the blighted South Side neighborhood.
Smith wrote another $20,000 in grant-related checks to K.D. Contractors, a construction company that his wife, Karen D. Smith, created five months after work on the garden was supposed to have begun, records show. K.D. is no longer in business.
The garden was never built. And now state records obtained by the Sun-Times show $65,000 of the grant money went to the wife of Kenny B. Smith, the Obama 2000 congressional campaign volunteer who heads the Chicago Better Housing Association, which was in charge of the project for the blighted South Side neighborhood.
Smith wrote another $20,000 in grant-related checks to K.D. Contractors, a construction company that his wife, Karen D. Smith, created five months after work on the garden was supposed to have begun, records show. K.D. is no longer in business.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Father/Daughter Talk: Welcome to the Republican Party...
Let me give you an analogy of our upcoming brain trust coming out of college: Father/Daughter Talk.
A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth.
She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his. One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs.
The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school. Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting thatshe was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because s he spent all her time studying.
Her father listened and then asked, 'How is your friend Audrey doing?' She replied, 'Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over.'
Her wise father asked his daughter, 'Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.'
The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, 'That's a crazy idea, and how would that be fair! I've worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!' The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, 'Welcome to the Republican party'. THIS explains politics in simple terms that even a Democrat can understand.
Biden Rumor of Illness....Will Leave Ticket...
I love these inet rumors...from excellent sources within the DNC: On or about October 5th, Biden will excuse himself from the ticket, citing health problems, and he will be replaced by Hillary. This is timed to occur after the VP debate on 10/2.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Desperate Dems Denounce Diversity While Claiming Racism...
I would indeed vote for a black man, and for that matter, a black woman. I would vote for Colin Powell, and for that matter Condeleeza Rice.
But I would not vote for Obama. No way, no how. There. Does that make ME a racist? The dems are making the case that a NOBAMA vote is a racist vote. Screw You! I am just an informed citizen, knowledgable voter, and proud American....certainly no racist, as evidenced by the fact that I would indeed vote for the right person of color. The fact that Obama is not the 'right' person for me is my God Damned choice....screw you.
BHO is ill conceived excuse for the champion of race relations. He has lied, intimidated, and bullshitted his way through a hopeful American democracy, with the help of a pathetically desperate democrat party, wishing to dispel America's so-called chains of racism by utilizing that very tactic. Obama has skated his way through Harvard the same way...crappy grades and he still becomes the first black editor of the Harvard Law Review! Utter racism.... He is simply full of hot air. A man of no substance, little character, and even less experience. Wake up America! Wake Up!!!
But I would not vote for Obama. No way, no how. There. Does that make ME a racist? The dems are making the case that a NOBAMA vote is a racist vote. Screw You! I am just an informed citizen, knowledgable voter, and proud American....certainly no racist, as evidenced by the fact that I would indeed vote for the right person of color. The fact that Obama is not the 'right' person for me is my God Damned choice....screw you.
BHO is ill conceived excuse for the champion of race relations. He has lied, intimidated, and bullshitted his way through a hopeful American democracy, with the help of a pathetically desperate democrat party, wishing to dispel America's so-called chains of racism by utilizing that very tactic. Obama has skated his way through Harvard the same way...crappy grades and he still becomes the first black editor of the Harvard Law Review! Utter racism.... He is simply full of hot air. A man of no substance, little character, and even less experience. Wake up America! Wake Up!!!
Greenspan's Warning, and How the Dems Crashed the Economy...
...Commentary by Kevin Hassett
It is easy to identify the historical turning point that marked the beginning of the end.
Back in 2005, Fannie and Freddie were, after years of dominating Washington, on the ropes. They were enmeshed in accounting scandals that led to turnover at the top. At one telling moment in late 2004, captured in an article by my American Enterprise Institute colleague Peter Wallison, the Securities and Exchange Comiission's chief accountant told disgraced Fannie Mae chief Franklin Raines that Fannie's position on the relevant accounting issue was not even ``on the page'' of allowable interpretations.
Then legislative momentum emerged for an attempt to create a ``world-class regulator'' that would oversee the pair more like banks, imposing strict requirements on their ability to take excessive risks. Politicians who previously had associated themselves proudly with the two accounting miscreants were less eager to be associated with them. The time was ripe.
Greenspan's Warning
The clear gravity of the situation pushed the legislation forward. Some might say the current mess couldn't be foreseen, yet in 2005 Alan Greenspan told Congress how urgent it was for it to act in the clearest possible terms: If Fannie and Freddie ``continue to grow, continue to have the low capital that they have, continue to engage in the dynamic hedging of their portfolios, which they need to do for interest rate risk aversion, they potentially create ever-growing potential systemic risk down the road,'' he said. ``We are placing the total financial system of the future at a substantial risk.''
What happened next was extraordinary. For the first time in history, a serious Fannie and Freddie reform bill was passed by the Senate Banking Committee. The bill gave a regulator power to crack down, and would have required the companies to eliminate their investments in risky assets.
Different World
If that bill had become law, then the world today would be different. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, a blizzard of terrible mortgage paper fluttered out of the Fannie and Freddie clouds, burying many of our oldest and most venerable institutions. Without their checkbooks keeping the market liquid and buying up excess supply, the market would likely have not existed.
But the bill didn't become law, for a simple reason: Democrats opposed it on a party-line vote in the committee, signaling that this would be a partisan issue. Republicans, tied in knots by the tight Democratic opposition, couldn't even get the Senate to vote on the matter.
That such a reckless political stand could have been taken by the Democrats was obscene even then. Wallison wrote at the time: ``It is a classic case of socializing the risk while privatizing the profit. The Democrats and the few Republicans who oppose portfolio limitations could not possibly do so if their constituents understood what they were doing.''
Mounds of Materials
Now that the collapse has occurred, the roadblock built by Senate Democrats in 2005 is unforgivable. Many who opposed the bill doubtlessly did so for honorable reasons. Fannie and Freddie provided mounds of materials defending their practices. Perhaps some found their propaganda convincing.
But we now know that many of the senators who protected Fannie and Freddie, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Christopher Dodd, have received mind-boggling levels of financial support from them over the years.
Throughout his political career, Obama has gotten more than $125,000 in campaign contributions from employees and political action committees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, second only to Dodd, the Senate Banking Committee chairman, who received more than $165,000.
Clinton, the 12th-ranked recipient of Fannie and Freddie PAC and employee contributions, has received more than $75,000 from the two enterprises and their employees. The private profit found its way back to the senators who killed the fix.
There has been a lot of talk about who is to blame for this crisis. A look back at the story of 2005 makes the answer pretty clear.
Oh, and there is one little footnote to the story that's worth keeping in mind while Democrats point fingers between now and Nov. 4: Senator John McCain was one of the three cosponsors of S.190, the bill that would have averted this mess.
Kevin Hassett, director of economic-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, is a Bloomberg News columnist.
It is easy to identify the historical turning point that marked the beginning of the end.
Back in 2005, Fannie and Freddie were, after years of dominating Washington, on the ropes. They were enmeshed in accounting scandals that led to turnover at the top. At one telling moment in late 2004, captured in an article by my American Enterprise Institute colleague Peter Wallison, the Securities and Exchange Comiission's chief accountant told disgraced Fannie Mae chief Franklin Raines that Fannie's position on the relevant accounting issue was not even ``on the page'' of allowable interpretations.
Then legislative momentum emerged for an attempt to create a ``world-class regulator'' that would oversee the pair more like banks, imposing strict requirements on their ability to take excessive risks. Politicians who previously had associated themselves proudly with the two accounting miscreants were less eager to be associated with them. The time was ripe.
Greenspan's Warning
The clear gravity of the situation pushed the legislation forward. Some might say the current mess couldn't be foreseen, yet in 2005 Alan Greenspan told Congress how urgent it was for it to act in the clearest possible terms: If Fannie and Freddie ``continue to grow, continue to have the low capital that they have, continue to engage in the dynamic hedging of their portfolios, which they need to do for interest rate risk aversion, they potentially create ever-growing potential systemic risk down the road,'' he said. ``We are placing the total financial system of the future at a substantial risk.''
What happened next was extraordinary. For the first time in history, a serious Fannie and Freddie reform bill was passed by the Senate Banking Committee. The bill gave a regulator power to crack down, and would have required the companies to eliminate their investments in risky assets.
Different World
If that bill had become law, then the world today would be different. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, a blizzard of terrible mortgage paper fluttered out of the Fannie and Freddie clouds, burying many of our oldest and most venerable institutions. Without their checkbooks keeping the market liquid and buying up excess supply, the market would likely have not existed.
But the bill didn't become law, for a simple reason: Democrats opposed it on a party-line vote in the committee, signaling that this would be a partisan issue. Republicans, tied in knots by the tight Democratic opposition, couldn't even get the Senate to vote on the matter.
That such a reckless political stand could have been taken by the Democrats was obscene even then. Wallison wrote at the time: ``It is a classic case of socializing the risk while privatizing the profit. The Democrats and the few Republicans who oppose portfolio limitations could not possibly do so if their constituents understood what they were doing.''
Mounds of Materials
Now that the collapse has occurred, the roadblock built by Senate Democrats in 2005 is unforgivable. Many who opposed the bill doubtlessly did so for honorable reasons. Fannie and Freddie provided mounds of materials defending their practices. Perhaps some found their propaganda convincing.
But we now know that many of the senators who protected Fannie and Freddie, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Christopher Dodd, have received mind-boggling levels of financial support from them over the years.
Throughout his political career, Obama has gotten more than $125,000 in campaign contributions from employees and political action committees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, second only to Dodd, the Senate Banking Committee chairman, who received more than $165,000.
Clinton, the 12th-ranked recipient of Fannie and Freddie PAC and employee contributions, has received more than $75,000 from the two enterprises and their employees. The private profit found its way back to the senators who killed the fix.
There has been a lot of talk about who is to blame for this crisis. A look back at the story of 2005 makes the answer pretty clear.
Oh, and there is one little footnote to the story that's worth keeping in mind while Democrats point fingers between now and Nov. 4: Senator John McCain was one of the three cosponsors of S.190, the bill that would have averted this mess.
Kevin Hassett, director of economic-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, is a Bloomberg News columnist.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Biden Bills Patriots withTax Burden...
My friends, if you do not pay taxes, YOU ARE NOT A PATRIOT! And if taxes are raised on YOU, pay up and SHUT UP. You have no say in the matter, and even though 95% of the folks will be sucking the well dry, deal with it...you whining undertaxed, over priveledged citizen of the global economy.
Respectfully,
Joe Biden
P.S. Of course, this list of patriots also includes members of the military, soccer moms, working Americans, elder Americans, baseball dads, self employed, unemployed, office clerks, linemen, public workers, private workers, factory workers, gardners, doctors, nurses, lawyers....and everyone else making under $250k/year.
Isn't it 'patriotic' to give what you should and take what you need? Isn't it patriotic to create jobs, contribute to the government, and give something back?
Joe Biden -- pinhead.
Respectfully,
Joe Biden
P.S. Of course, this list of patriots also includes members of the military, soccer moms, working Americans, elder Americans, baseball dads, self employed, unemployed, office clerks, linemen, public workers, private workers, factory workers, gardners, doctors, nurses, lawyers....and everyone else making under $250k/year.
Isn't it 'patriotic' to give what you should and take what you need? Isn't it patriotic to create jobs, contribute to the government, and give something back?
Joe Biden -- pinhead.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Uncommon Sense from Guest Editor George Lake...
It’s been a pretty wild couple weeks in politics! Obama gave a good speech at the Democratic convention and got his bounce but I’d have to describe it as pretty standard democratic/populous content describing what government is going to give us, or do for us. Where was the “ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country” that another famous Democrat once stated in an inauguration speech??
Followed right behind this speech was the announcement of Sarah Palin to the McCain ticket. At first the generic and reasonable (as I have to add myself to this group and who cannot describe me as anything but reasonable!!) reaction was “who is this unknown” and is she going to be an embarrassment?? Everyone was initially questioning this choice (and whether McCain had lost his mind!),but she carried herself beautifully in her introductory speech.
Because of the way she handled herself in the initial spotlight and her fine address, I was perfectly willing to wait and get more input on her background, accomplishments, and positions before I made a decision about her. I can’t say our mainstream media has taken the same position. She has been pilloried and even slandered by supposedly mainstream media for the whole week before her nomination speech. I truly feel that large portions of our media were bent on destroying her. (Case in point is the NY Times- after not even commenting on John Edward’s affair until it was well known, published 3 articles on their FRONT page on Sarah Palin mostly using the fact that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant to question McCain’s choice and her ability to be VP). Also, quickly discussed in the mainstream media was some crazy blogger’s assertion that Sarah was not the one that had Trig (the baby with Down’s Syndrome) but it was in fact her 17 yr old daughter’s baby!!!
By the time the Governor gave her speech at the RNC, people could have been forgiven if they were watching just to see a total simpleton come on stage and completely embarrass herself. But the results could not have been more polar opposite. What we saw was an extremely competent PERSON who has a track record of reform in Alaska that covers both ethics and budgetary matters. I will readily admit she has little in the way of foreign affairs experience BUT she is being considered for the VP slot NOT the President! Obama also has a complete scarcity of foreign policy experience and he indirectly acknowledged this by picking Biden as his running mate. People can like Obama as a man but it must be acknowledged that he has very little in the way of any accomplishments or public background that would qualify him for President, at least by historical standards.
I know there are quite a few that are tired of Bush and can’t stand some of his positions especially in the way he has prosecuted the war on terrorism. This would lead people to vote for anybody but Bush. I ask that you reflect on your upcoming decision and consider how McCain has had some very public disagreements with Bush on some of these matters. McCain came out publicly against “torture” and what Bush was doing or had done. He also is for closing “Gitmo”. Now I’m not sure I agree with either of these positions by McCain, but it does show he makes his own decisions and would not simply be another Bush. The Democrats are trying to make McCain synonymous to Bush but this defies almost a decade of reports of McCain liking the “maverick” label and “even enjoying putting a finger in the Republican’s eye”.
McCain also took a very public stand on the “surge” back in the darkest days when it looked like the Iraqi war was getting away from us. He pushed to make it happen. Both Obama and Biden were adamantly against the surge which by this time had become the popular choice. Their solution was to simply put together a timeline to get the troops out. This would have been catastrophic to America’s national interest and to world stability.
McCain pushed for the surge and the results have been “more than anyone could have hoped for” as Obama recently admitted and stated on the O’Reilly factor while at the same time adamantly refusing to admit that NOT backing the surge was a mistake by him.
I am confident McCain can bring about the “change” from Bush that people want while at the same time having the experience and record WE NEED on foreign affairs in these dangerous times. I hope everyone can consider this as they form their decisions on the next President.
Followed right behind this speech was the announcement of Sarah Palin to the McCain ticket. At first the generic and reasonable (as I have to add myself to this group and who cannot describe me as anything but reasonable!!) reaction was “who is this unknown” and is she going to be an embarrassment?? Everyone was initially questioning this choice (and whether McCain had lost his mind!),but she carried herself beautifully in her introductory speech.
Because of the way she handled herself in the initial spotlight and her fine address, I was perfectly willing to wait and get more input on her background, accomplishments, and positions before I made a decision about her. I can’t say our mainstream media has taken the same position. She has been pilloried and even slandered by supposedly mainstream media for the whole week before her nomination speech. I truly feel that large portions of our media were bent on destroying her. (Case in point is the NY Times- after not even commenting on John Edward’s affair until it was well known, published 3 articles on their FRONT page on Sarah Palin mostly using the fact that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant to question McCain’s choice and her ability to be VP). Also, quickly discussed in the mainstream media was some crazy blogger’s assertion that Sarah was not the one that had Trig (the baby with Down’s Syndrome) but it was in fact her 17 yr old daughter’s baby!!!
By the time the Governor gave her speech at the RNC, people could have been forgiven if they were watching just to see a total simpleton come on stage and completely embarrass herself. But the results could not have been more polar opposite. What we saw was an extremely competent PERSON who has a track record of reform in Alaska that covers both ethics and budgetary matters. I will readily admit she has little in the way of foreign affairs experience BUT she is being considered for the VP slot NOT the President! Obama also has a complete scarcity of foreign policy experience and he indirectly acknowledged this by picking Biden as his running mate. People can like Obama as a man but it must be acknowledged that he has very little in the way of any accomplishments or public background that would qualify him for President, at least by historical standards.
I know there are quite a few that are tired of Bush and can’t stand some of his positions especially in the way he has prosecuted the war on terrorism. This would lead people to vote for anybody but Bush. I ask that you reflect on your upcoming decision and consider how McCain has had some very public disagreements with Bush on some of these matters. McCain came out publicly against “torture” and what Bush was doing or had done. He also is for closing “Gitmo”. Now I’m not sure I agree with either of these positions by McCain, but it does show he makes his own decisions and would not simply be another Bush. The Democrats are trying to make McCain synonymous to Bush but this defies almost a decade of reports of McCain liking the “maverick” label and “even enjoying putting a finger in the Republican’s eye”.
McCain also took a very public stand on the “surge” back in the darkest days when it looked like the Iraqi war was getting away from us. He pushed to make it happen. Both Obama and Biden were adamantly against the surge which by this time had become the popular choice. Their solution was to simply put together a timeline to get the troops out. This would have been catastrophic to America’s national interest and to world stability.
McCain pushed for the surge and the results have been “more than anyone could have hoped for” as Obama recently admitted and stated on the O’Reilly factor while at the same time adamantly refusing to admit that NOT backing the surge was a mistake by him.
I am confident McCain can bring about the “change” from Bush that people want while at the same time having the experience and record WE NEED on foreign affairs in these dangerous times. I hope everyone can consider this as they form their decisions on the next President.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Huffington Post Markets Anti-Christian Books...
Found this on the 'Fluffington' Post....nice. That's the way to build momentum. Democrats Unite! The Brown Shirts will begin removing any and all reference to God in our currency (already begun with new coinage), laws, buildings, books....Stalin, Mao...welcome back!
Friday, September 5, 2008
It Ain't Supposed to be This Way....
BHO is under the gun....and the press is turning. Simply look at the images now appearing in the press. No longer are the Savior's eyes gazing towards the hopeful heavens, but now have been humbled and are forced downward. No longer are his arms outstretched in an worldwide embrace of the dis-enfranchised...but now simply grasp a napkin to wipe his brow.
McCAIN/Palin have driven a stake through the heart of the Great Savior...Now, BHO actually has to work at it...and stumble, and fumble, and pretend he is still the chosen one. Game On!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Which Came First, the Dungheap or the Donkey? MoveOn Claims Evolution is a FACT...
...excerpt from Moveon.org mailing received today....
"* Palin wants to teach creationism in public schools. She hasn't made clear whether she thinks evolution is a fact." Yes, that is a quote!!!!
from dictionary.com:
theory of evolution
noun
(biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals.
I thought Evolution was only a Theory? If these MODO boneheads can't explain which came first, the dungheap or the donkey, it shows the shallow depth of understanding MODO's have with the real world. It shows their lack of wonder, and ability to thing outside the proverbial box. It shows their naivite...it's a shame how money blinds the human spirit.
"* Palin wants to teach creationism in public schools. She hasn't made clear whether she thinks evolution is a fact." Yes, that is a quote!!!!
from dictionary.com:
theory of evolution
noun
(biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals.
I thought Evolution was only a Theory? If these MODO boneheads can't explain which came first, the dungheap or the donkey, it shows the shallow depth of understanding MODO's have with the real world. It shows their lack of wonder, and ability to thing outside the proverbial box. It shows their naivite...it's a shame how money blinds the human spirit.
Moveon.org Response to the Barracuda's Speech...
Got this in email from MoveOn.org. I would encourage all to sign up and see how scared they really are. What a bunch of pinhead, hypocrite, chicken sh*t sheeple. Here's an excerpt...
Dear MoveOn member,
Did you watch Sarah Palin's speech last night? The speech told us a lot about her.
It told us that she can distort the facts and deliver mean-spirited zingers with the best of them. It told us that if Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter ever need a stand-in, she'd be a great pick. [What about Biden's mean spirited zingers the other day?]
It told us that she can be condescending and dismissive of the real work Barack Obama did helping real people on the South Side of Chicago. It told us that she can uphold the long Republican tradition of lying about Democratic tax cuts—even though Obama's plan would give Americans a bigger break than McCain's. [What real people? Let's see what BHO actually accomplished!]
But the speech—written by one of President Bush's speechwriters—didn't tell us the truth about Sarah Palin's extremist positions. And the more that people know her far-right views, the less they support her. [BHO writes his own speeches, I suppose? Perhaps, since he never sits in his Senate seat...]
One of the best ways to get the word out about Palin is to write a letter to the editor of your local paper. Today's a great day to write because this is very relevant—it just happened last night. Plus, our online tool makes it easy and has great tips. Please take a few minutes to write a quick letter to the editor now. [address removed by moi]
Palin's speech and the reaction to it also made clear why McCain picked her. It wasn't a decision about who's most qualified to serve a heart-beat away from the presidency—it was a political decision about pleasing the far-right base of the Republican party. [Biden is most qualified? Come on?]
Thanks for all you do.
–Nita, Ilyse, Wes, Karin and the rest of the team
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Barracuda?
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BHO: Abandoner in Chief, Commander in Speak...
This is taken from another entry, but I felt it deserved a headline...
On 4/22/08 he NO VOTED on this:
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
...on 4/23/08 he voted YEAH on this:
A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that adiscriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes.
...and then back to screwing the veterans. One day later he NO VOTED this piece of legislation:
A bill to increase benefits for disabled U.S. veterans and provide a fair benefit to World War II Filipino veterans for their service to the United States.
On 4/22/08 he NO VOTED on this:
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
...on 4/23/08 he voted YEAH on this:
A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that adiscriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes.
...and then back to screwing the veterans. One day later he NO VOTED this piece of legislation:
A bill to increase benefits for disabled U.S. veterans and provide a fair benefit to World War II Filipino veterans for their service to the United States.
Abandoner in Chief, Commander in Speak.
Obama's Record of 'NAY VOTING'...
In his early Congressional carreer, he actually voted....here are a few his NAY VOTES:
- To limit the amount of interest that can be charged on any extension of credit to 30 percent. BHO voted NAY.
- To promote job creation, family time, and small business preservation in the adjustment of the Federal minimum wage. BHO voted NAY.
- To express the sense of the Senate that failing to address the financial condition of Social Security will result in massive debt, deep benefit cuts and tax increases. BHO voted NAY.
- To repeal the 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits. BHO voted NAY.
- To provide for local control for the sitting of windmills. BHO voted NAY.
- To express the sense of the Senate regarding management of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower the burden of gasoline prices on the economy of the United States and circumvent the efforts of OPEC to reap windfall profits. BHO voted NAY.
- To prohibit funds from being made available to the United States Agency for International Development for entertainment expenses. BHO voted NAY.
- A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others. BHO voted NAY.
- To cap non-defense, non-trust-fund, discretionary spending at the previous fiscal year's level, beginning with fiscal year 2007. HO voted NAY. - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2895 to S. 2271 (USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006)To establish the enactment date of the Act. BHO voted NAY.
- An original bill to provide greater transparency in the legislative process. BHO voted NAY.
- To prohibit authorized committees and leadership PACs from employing the spouse or immediate family members of any candidate or Federal office holder connected to the committee. BHO voted NAY.
- To provide Congress a second look at wasteful spending by establishing enhance rescission authority under fast-track procedures. BHO Voted NAY.
- To limit the amount of interest that can be charged on any extension of credit to 30 percent. BHO voted NAY.
- To promote job creation, family time, and small business preservation in the adjustment of the Federal minimum wage. BHO voted NAY.
- To express the sense of the Senate that failing to address the financial condition of Social Security will result in massive debt, deep benefit cuts and tax increases. BHO voted NAY.
- To repeal the 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits. BHO voted NAY.
- To provide for local control for the sitting of windmills. BHO voted NAY.
- To express the sense of the Senate regarding management of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower the burden of gasoline prices on the economy of the United States and circumvent the efforts of OPEC to reap windfall profits. BHO voted NAY.
- To prohibit funds from being made available to the United States Agency for International Development for entertainment expenses. BHO voted NAY.
- A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others. BHO voted NAY.
- To cap non-defense, non-trust-fund, discretionary spending at the previous fiscal year's level, beginning with fiscal year 2007. HO voted NAY. - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2895 to S. 2271 (USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006)To establish the enactment date of the Act. BHO voted NAY.
- An original bill to provide greater transparency in the legislative process. BHO voted NAY.
- To prohibit authorized committees and leadership PACs from employing the spouse or immediate family members of any candidate or Federal office holder connected to the committee. BHO voted NAY.
- To provide Congress a second look at wasteful spending by establishing enhance rescission authority under fast-track procedures. BHO Voted NAY.
Obama's Record of 'NOT VOTING'...
Please avail yourself to BHO's voting record here: http://obama.senate.gov/votes/index.cfm?start=1. Now count the 'Not Voting' (so-called) votes. Take 20 minutes to scan the 196 votes since 01/08/07. Shoot back to the 109th Congress (January '05) for more musings...For some reason, back in 4/05, be began his NOT VOTING career.
Here are a few of BHO's NON VOTES:
- A resolution expressing sympathy for the people of the United Kingdom in the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attacks on London on July 7, 2005.
- Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, to establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence, and for other purposes.
- To establish a bipartisan commission for the purpose of improving oversight and eliminating wasteful government spending under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
- A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.
- A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.
- Gen. David H. Petraeus, in the Army, to be General
- Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, in the Army, to be General
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.
- A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes.
- A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes.
- An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
- To improve educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces and veterans in order to enhance recruitment and retention for the Armed Forces.
- A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.
...and this is uncanny. On 4/22/08 he NO VOTED on this:
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
...on 4/23/08 he voted YEAH on this:
A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that adiscriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes.
...and then back to screwing the veterans one day later he NO VOTED this piece of legislation:
- To increase benefits for disabled U.S. veterans and provide a fair benefit to World War II Filipino veterans for their service to the United States.
Here are a few of BHO's NON VOTES:
- A resolution expressing sympathy for the people of the United Kingdom in the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attacks on London on July 7, 2005.
- Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, to establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence, and for other purposes.
- To establish a bipartisan commission for the purpose of improving oversight and eliminating wasteful government spending under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
- A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.
- A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.
- Gen. David H. Petraeus, in the Army, to be General
- Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, in the Army, to be General
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.
- A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes.
- A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes.
- An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
- To improve educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces and veterans in order to enhance recruitment and retention for the Armed Forces.
- A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.
...and this is uncanny. On 4/22/08 he NO VOTED on this:
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
...on 4/23/08 he voted YEAH on this:
A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that adiscriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes.
...and then back to screwing the veterans one day later he NO VOTED this piece of legislation:
- To increase benefits for disabled U.S. veterans and provide a fair benefit to World War II Filipino veterans for their service to the United States.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
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