Really ?
Obama avoids the VFW convention again upon his return from the Halls of Martha’s Vinyards … [to the shores of Tripoli.] Too busy. 8/30/11
Congress makes Laws. Obama makes Laws. Which is constitutional?
Prayers and clergy excluded from 911 anniversary ceremony. Big Dem Gov funds from muslim center at 911 site in the works. Islamic Centers mark significant victories.
Drug tests for welfare recipients. State job applicants. Called unfair. State laws likely to find challenges in court. Proponents say people using Big Gov and State money to purchase drugs. Opponents say it is an invasion of privacy. [Yahoo]
Why do people seeking employment need to be clean and not the entitlement class. Does drug use help or hurt those seeking employment. Would you hire a druggie? How has this become an issue. =TheRightJack
Sign: If the music is too loud, you are too old.
- or -
Seniors still have hearing left.
Passing Gas as in Breaking Wind not proper etiquette around Afghans. Other no-no’s among these sensitive people also mentioned in this article. Be sure to read the comments about these thankless people. [MarineTimes]
BREAKING NEWS: President Obama has just confirmed that the DC earthquake occurred on a rare and obscure fault-line, apparently known as "Bush's Fault." Obama also announced that the Secret Service and Maxine Waters continues an investigation of the quake's suspicious ties to the Tea Party. Conservatives however have proven that it was caused by the founding fathers rolling over in their graves ...
OBOTs = radical Obama supporters = short for "Obama Robots"
A living and breathing nightmare writes an Israeli news columnist in scorching Barack Obama. [wnd]
Palestinians want to be given statehood but still refuse to recognize Israel’s statehood or even their right to exist. UN vote coming. Big Dem US Gov not supporting Israel.
Obama to slow down deportations by focusing only on criminals. 1,000s of illegals will become eligible to obtain work permits. [Numbers USA Newsletter]
Transparency in Big Gov as promised by Democrats … now fighting the Freedom of Information Act. Judicial Watch watching out for us. [wnd] 8/20/11
Big Gov terrorists warnings illustrated with mostly white males and females. Muslims unexpectedly, yea right, neglected in our warnings. You cannot fix stupid and Dem dogma.
Making Peace. Since Ramadan began for Muslims about two weeks ago, there have been 102 terror attacks around the world in the name of Islam, costing 439 lives, according to The Religion of Peace website. … Its "Bombathon 2011 Scorecard" indicates that during the same period, there have been zero attacks in the name of all other religions costing zero lives and zero attacks by "anti-Muslim" right-wingers, again costing zero lives. [wnd] 8/19/11
Facebook removes AZ Gov Jan Brewer post that was critical of Obama immigration policy. Unexpected error on the part of Facebook, Big Omni Obama Backers.
News in review. 3 minute video. Entertaining and factual, unlike the simulated news reports by the left. Well worth viewing. [PersonalLiberty.com] 8/20/11
ET beings may not like our emissions, and take drastic action. Prepare for the worst. NASA affiliated college types on board with that. [UK Guardian] 1/10/11 What about emissions from Venus? It looks like a much better target for ETs than Earth.
$2.1 Million Rock Star type Canadian Made Bus is OK for Obama in promoting US jobs. [New York Post] 8/17/11 Now, it is time for him to take another vacation, maybe play more golf. TheRightJack thinks he needs a vacation.
T-shirt: Invest in precious metals. Buy lead. Support the 2nd Amendment.
Black cloud economics. Democrats desperately doing their best to make it a racist comment. [Human Events] Remember, this presidency started with … all criticism of Obama was regarded as racist. That @#$% did not float either.
Where are all of the former girlfriends, students and classmates of Obama? [wnd]
Mixed marriages, politically speaking. [PajamaMedia] 8/16/11
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Really? August 1-15, 2011
Really??
7% approval rate of Bush 43 by muslims
Somalia. Ever notice that when they show the emaciated Somali children, the adult holding the child usually looks well nourished. What is with this mixed message!
Pleeze. Packers football player without valid ID cannot get in to see The President with the rest of his teammates. Was there no one among his coaches and teammates who was credible enough to vouch for him. Rules is rules. How politically ridiculous. Good thing this was not a Republican President. The media would have kicked him all the way up into the cheap seats with absolute joy.
FBI and Terrorism. FBI and other agencies are asking managers of surplus stories to spy on their customers, watching whether they pay in cash, make "extreme" religious statements or purchase products such as waterproof matches. [WND] 8/12/11 In the meantime, Flash Mob violence continues with no solution in sight.
How do “they” define an extreme religious statements? Slamming Christianity? No. Degrading catholics? No. Making fun of those who pray at public events? No. Must be a muslim-only thing. =TheRightJack
Your current government at work focusing like a laser on religion, creating jobs the socialist way, taxing and spending. =TheRightJack
Some of the Flash Mobs in London were little rich kids. Is this a "hippie era" replay?
The BBC recorded an interview with two giggling teenage girls who explained, “It’s the rich people who have got all the businesses. That’s why all this is happening, because of the rich people. We’re showing the rich we do what we want.”
Flash Mob riots in Europe and USA. Spreading the wealth through crime via cell phones and social networking sites. Muslims encouraging European youth to loot and destroy. Mayor of Philadelphia has had enough of it. Poverty Tour leaders expect more violence and see it as justifiable. 8/11/11
Attacks against the wealthy who provide jobs. Ordinary store owners damaged in the process of juvenile unrest.
Obama Blames . . . Type in this internet search and learn who Obama has blamed for our failing US economy, et cetera while holding himself and the Democrats totally blameless. 8/8/11
Unemployment under Obama nearly twice as bad as under Bush 43 when comparing levels of education.
Flash Mobs. Democrats down-playing racial mob violence perpetrated by young black teens on mostly white men, women and children across the nation. Hate crimes not mentioned. Similar violent attacks on Asians as well. Media silent. 8/7/11 Comments by President Obama, Rev Jesse Jackson, Rev Al Sharpton and Minister Farakhan that might qwell or cool down these mobs … ah … missing in action.
$71,600 per plate NY fundraiser for Obama hosted by movie moguls. 8/5/11 This follows a $35,800 per plate birthday dinner in Chicago. He sure is concentrating on creating jobs and putting people back to work. No complaints by the Big Time Dying Media.
37 – 5. Obama fundraisers vs Bush 43 fundraisers in same length of time.
Media reports missing ... Black gang of 50 to 100 assault 100 people at Wisconsin State Fair parking lot. No mention of this in Big Time Dying Media. [DrudgeReport.com] Would be interesting to see the report of this had the gang been white guys beating up on blacks. Friday morning there were no people in custody. 8/5/11 Local TV report. Click Here. Flash Mob? Remember the Phillie New Black Panther voting station intimidation. Not much media curiosity there either.
Media ... John Kerry tells media to not give coverage of Tea party. [TheBlaze.com] This comes after Obama tells the media what not to cover in the news. Imagine that a Republican had offered this advice.
Fastest growing religion on earth is Christianity, not islam [WND] Read about the book that explains it. But this is not how the media sees it.
Ethics complaint against Palin TV show dismissed. [PersonalLiberty.com] 8/5/11
Cell Phones – the latest civil right. [NYpost.com] Why not ... Breast implants. Prostate exams. Abortions. Golf. Cab fare. NBA tickets. Time shares.
This Is Change Disappoint Mints pulled from UT Bookstore after politician complains. [KnoxNews.com] The truth hurts.
Washington Fools. You cannot appreciate this enough. For example … “Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal will be about socializing…uh, um…Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.” - - - Maxine Waters, May 22, 2008
It passed. More debt is the answer to our failing US economy according to those who voted for this. How did your Representative vote. Are you going to vote for him or her in 2012?
House passes Debt Ceiling legislation 269-161. Senate expected to vote and pass the Debt Ceiling legislation on Tuesday. Taxes will going up IF the Bush 43 tax cuts expire. Spending will increase as the new baseline is what Congress has spent over the past two years. That is not a cut in spending. 8/2/11 =TheRightJack
Media ... Terrorism to Democrats like Joe Biden is fiscal responsibility and not spending more than you make, or “take in” when it comes to Congress. Democrats are doing their best, with considerable help from the Big Time Dying Democrat media, to label Tea Party members as terrorists. Will it stick, considering the wide variety of people who like the Tea Party. Media negligently slow to cover this Biden story.
UN will vote to take Jerusalem from Israel. Hamas to take over the capitol of Israel. Israel cannot count on a UN Security County support or veto from USA. 8/1/11 [Traditional Values Coalition]
7% approval rate of Bush 43 by muslims
Somalia. Ever notice that when they show the emaciated Somali children, the adult holding the child usually looks well nourished. What is with this mixed message!
Pleeze. Packers football player without valid ID cannot get in to see The President with the rest of his teammates. Was there no one among his coaches and teammates who was credible enough to vouch for him. Rules is rules. How politically ridiculous. Good thing this was not a Republican President. The media would have kicked him all the way up into the cheap seats with absolute joy.
FBI and Terrorism. FBI and other agencies are asking managers of surplus stories to spy on their customers, watching whether they pay in cash, make "extreme" religious statements or purchase products such as waterproof matches. [WND] 8/12/11 In the meantime, Flash Mob violence continues with no solution in sight.
How do “they” define an extreme religious statements? Slamming Christianity? No. Degrading catholics? No. Making fun of those who pray at public events? No. Must be a muslim-only thing. =TheRightJack
Your current government at work focusing like a laser on religion, creating jobs the socialist way, taxing and spending. =TheRightJack
Some of the Flash Mobs in London were little rich kids. Is this a "hippie era" replay?
The BBC recorded an interview with two giggling teenage girls who explained, “It’s the rich people who have got all the businesses. That’s why all this is happening, because of the rich people. We’re showing the rich we do what we want.”
Flash Mob riots in Europe and USA. Spreading the wealth through crime via cell phones and social networking sites. Muslims encouraging European youth to loot and destroy. Mayor of Philadelphia has had enough of it. Poverty Tour leaders expect more violence and see it as justifiable. 8/11/11
Attacks against the wealthy who provide jobs. Ordinary store owners damaged in the process of juvenile unrest.
Obama Blames . . . Type in this internet search and learn who Obama has blamed for our failing US economy, et cetera while holding himself and the Democrats totally blameless. 8/8/11
Unemployment under Obama nearly twice as bad as under Bush 43 when comparing levels of education.
Flash Mobs. Democrats down-playing racial mob violence perpetrated by young black teens on mostly white men, women and children across the nation. Hate crimes not mentioned. Similar violent attacks on Asians as well. Media silent. 8/7/11 Comments by President Obama, Rev Jesse Jackson, Rev Al Sharpton and Minister Farakhan that might qwell or cool down these mobs … ah … missing in action.
$71,600 per plate NY fundraiser for Obama hosted by movie moguls. 8/5/11 This follows a $35,800 per plate birthday dinner in Chicago. He sure is concentrating on creating jobs and putting people back to work. No complaints by the Big Time Dying Media.
37 – 5. Obama fundraisers vs Bush 43 fundraisers in same length of time.
Media reports missing ... Black gang of 50 to 100 assault 100 people at Wisconsin State Fair parking lot. No mention of this in Big Time Dying Media. [DrudgeReport.com] Would be interesting to see the report of this had the gang been white guys beating up on blacks. Friday morning there were no people in custody. 8/5/11 Local TV report. Click Here. Flash Mob? Remember the Phillie New Black Panther voting station intimidation. Not much media curiosity there either.
Media ... John Kerry tells media to not give coverage of Tea party. [TheBlaze.com] This comes after Obama tells the media what not to cover in the news. Imagine that a Republican had offered this advice.
Fastest growing religion on earth is Christianity, not islam [WND] Read about the book that explains it. But this is not how the media sees it.
Ethics complaint against Palin TV show dismissed. [PersonalLiberty.com] 8/5/11
Cell Phones – the latest civil right. [NYpost.com] Why not ... Breast implants. Prostate exams. Abortions. Golf. Cab fare. NBA tickets. Time shares.
This Is Change Disappoint Mints pulled from UT Bookstore after politician complains. [KnoxNews.com] The truth hurts.
Washington Fools. You cannot appreciate this enough. For example … “Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal will be about socializing…uh, um…Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.” - - - Maxine Waters, May 22, 2008
It passed. More debt is the answer to our failing US economy according to those who voted for this. How did your Representative vote. Are you going to vote for him or her in 2012?
House passes Debt Ceiling legislation 269-161. Senate expected to vote and pass the Debt Ceiling legislation on Tuesday. Taxes will going up IF the Bush 43 tax cuts expire. Spending will increase as the new baseline is what Congress has spent over the past two years. That is not a cut in spending. 8/2/11 =TheRightJack
Media ... Terrorism to Democrats like Joe Biden is fiscal responsibility and not spending more than you make, or “take in” when it comes to Congress. Democrats are doing their best, with considerable help from the Big Time Dying Democrat media, to label Tea Party members as terrorists. Will it stick, considering the wide variety of people who like the Tea Party. Media negligently slow to cover this Biden story.
UN will vote to take Jerusalem from Israel. Hamas to take over the capitol of Israel. Israel cannot count on a UN Security County support or veto from USA. 8/1/11 [Traditional Values Coalition]
Monday, August 29, 2011
Guns, Spoons and more
Replay from Daniel Mitchell, a Fellow at the Cato Institute
T-shirt: Invest in precious metals. Buy lead. Support the 2nd Amendment.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Michelle Obama - Servant List and more
Michelle Obama - veni. vidi. visa.
Living Large. Ms Obama shells out $10 million in US Taxpayer money for her 42 vacation days in 2010. [dailymail.co.uk] 8/25/11
First Lady Michelle Obama's Servant List and Pay Scale
The First Lady Requires More Than Twenty Attendants (That is 22 attendants to be exact)
1. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary)
4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
5. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $90,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
9. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady)
10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
14. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary to The First Lady)
16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special-2Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide to The First Lady)
17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
18. $43,000 - Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
21. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
22. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady (This is community organizing at it's finest.)
There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense, when even Hillary, only had three; Jackie Kennedy one; Laura Bush one; and prior to Mamie Eisenhower social help came from the President's own pocket.
Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe.
FRIENDS ... THESE SALARIES ADD UP TO SIX MILLION, THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($6,364,000) FOR THE 4 YEARS OF OFFICE? AND WE ARE IN A RECESSION? WELL ... MOST OF US ARE.
I GUESS IT'S OK TO SPEND WILDLY WHEN IT'S NOT YOUR OWN MONEY!
Suggested Reading: Conspicuous Consumption. Found in The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorsten Veblen. Published in 1899, that is 1899.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Comrade Stalin stumps for Obama
Freedom from owning things, and more. Click here to see and listen.
Stalin is credited with 20 million deaths during his reign. Other estimates are much higher.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Book: The Everlasting Hatred - The Roots of Jihad
New book explains "roots of jihad"
Islam's 4000-year history of enmity
What happened on 9/11 was much more than meets the eye.
Now, you can learn the full history, explained by the best-selling living author in the world.
Get Hal Lindsey's latest book, the 2011 Revised Edition of 'The Everlasting Hatred,' available today from the WND Superstore.
As the author of "Late Great Planet Earth" states: "The God of the Bible is not the God of Ishmael, Esau, Mohammad and the Muslims."
Credited with more than 35 million books sold, Lindsey's first title in many years, "The Everlasting Hatred: The Roots of Jihad," traces the religious and secular history of Muslim enmity against Judeo-Christian culture.
Islam's family tree began from an act of faithlessness that resulted in the birth of Abraham's son, Ishmael - the "wild man" whose "hand shall be against every man" (Gen: 16:12).
From the Edomites through the birth of Mohammad - "who as a child was thought to be either insane or demon-possessed by his own family" - through the Ottomans and British Palestine, culminating in the present-day scenario which fits like a central piece in biblical end times prophecies, Lindsey's narrative is an eschatological capsule summary of the longest war.
In "The Everlasting Hatred," Lindsey explains how, on Sept. 11, 2001, the ancient, global fight-to-the-death conflict exploded on the shores of the United States.
Though most Americans didn't realize it, the U.S. was already heavily involved in this struggle – a struggle driven by a hatred that has spanned more than 4,000 years.
In a clear and eye-opening manner, Lindsey lays bare the complex roots of Islamic fundamentalism and its purpose to replace the Judeo-Christian world order with an Islamic world order. Addressing the issues head on, Lindsey reveals the enormity of the threat America faces and how imperative it is that every individual knows and understands this historic hatred and its repercussions.
The legendary Bible prophecy teacher, who hosts his own weekly television program on both TBN and the Inspiration Network, answers the deepest and most probing questions surrounding radical Islam:
• Why do many Muslims hate Jews?
• Why do Islamic fundamentalists hate the United States and call it "The Great Satan"?
• Why did Islamic terrorists sacrifice their own lives to kill Americans?
• Do Islamic fundamentalists have access to weapons of mass destruction?
• Could Islamic terrorists imperil the survival of the United States?
• What light does Bible prophecy shed on this?
• Does the Koran call for violence and conquest?
Spread the word about Hal Lindsey's bold new release at EverlastingHatred.com.
Islam's 4000-year history of enmity
What happened on 9/11 was much more than meets the eye.
Now, you can learn the full history, explained by the best-selling living author in the world.
Get Hal Lindsey's latest book, the 2011 Revised Edition of 'The Everlasting Hatred,' available today from the WND Superstore.
As the author of "Late Great Planet Earth" states: "The God of the Bible is not the God of Ishmael, Esau, Mohammad and the Muslims."
Credited with more than 35 million books sold, Lindsey's first title in many years, "The Everlasting Hatred: The Roots of Jihad," traces the religious and secular history of Muslim enmity against Judeo-Christian culture.
Islam's family tree began from an act of faithlessness that resulted in the birth of Abraham's son, Ishmael - the "wild man" whose "hand shall be against every man" (Gen: 16:12).
From the Edomites through the birth of Mohammad - "who as a child was thought to be either insane or demon-possessed by his own family" - through the Ottomans and British Palestine, culminating in the present-day scenario which fits like a central piece in biblical end times prophecies, Lindsey's narrative is an eschatological capsule summary of the longest war.
In "The Everlasting Hatred," Lindsey explains how, on Sept. 11, 2001, the ancient, global fight-to-the-death conflict exploded on the shores of the United States.
Though most Americans didn't realize it, the U.S. was already heavily involved in this struggle – a struggle driven by a hatred that has spanned more than 4,000 years.
In a clear and eye-opening manner, Lindsey lays bare the complex roots of Islamic fundamentalism and its purpose to replace the Judeo-Christian world order with an Islamic world order. Addressing the issues head on, Lindsey reveals the enormity of the threat America faces and how imperative it is that every individual knows and understands this historic hatred and its repercussions.
The legendary Bible prophecy teacher, who hosts his own weekly television program on both TBN and the Inspiration Network, answers the deepest and most probing questions surrounding radical Islam:
• Why do many Muslims hate Jews?
• Why do Islamic fundamentalists hate the United States and call it "The Great Satan"?
• Why did Islamic terrorists sacrifice their own lives to kill Americans?
• Do Islamic fundamentalists have access to weapons of mass destruction?
• Could Islamic terrorists imperil the survival of the United States?
• What light does Bible prophecy shed on this?
• Does the Koran call for violence and conquest?
Spread the word about Hal Lindsey's bold new release at EverlastingHatred.com.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Barack Obama has awakened a sleeping nation
The article below was written by Gary Hubbell, a rancher, fishing guide and real estate agent, in Aspen Colorado of all places. ... Someone picked this up and began circulating it. To confirm its authenticity, someone emailed Gary and received the following reply:
Yes, indeed, I did write that. Thanks for your compliments.
Regards,
Gary Hubbell, Broker/Owner
United Country Colorado Brokers
Hotchkiss, CO 81419
970 872 3322 office
970 988 2122 cell
970 921 5588 home
970 872 3323 office fax
email: grandviewranch@gmail.com
web: www.uccoloradobrokers.com
web: www.aspenranchrealestate.com
EXCELLENT ARTICLE. NEVER EVER WOULD I HAVE THOUGHT THIS WOULD COME OUT OF ASPEN.
http://www/.aspentimes .com/article/20100228/ASPENWEEKLY/100229854
Barack Obama has awakened a sleeping nation
Gary Hubbell
Aspen Times Weekly
February 2010
Barack Obama is the best thing that has happened to America in the last 100 years. Truly, he is the savior of America 's future.
Despite the fact that he has some of the lowest approval ratings among recent presidents, history will see Barack Obama as the source of America 's resurrection. Barack Obama has plunged the country into levels of debt that we could not have previously imagined; his efforts to nationalize health care have been met with fierce resistance nationwide; TARP bailouts and stimulus spending have shown little positive effect on the national economy; unemployment is unacceptably high and looks to remain that way for most of a decade; legacy entitlement programs have ballooned to unsustainable levels, and there is a seething anger in the populace.
That's why Barack Obama is such a good thing for America . Here's why.
Obama is the symbol of a creeping liberalism that has infected our society like a cancer for the last 100 years. Just as Hitler is the face of fascism, Obama will go down in history as the face of unchecked liberalism. The cancer metastasized to the point where it could no longer be ignored.
Average Americans who have quietly gone about their lives, earning a paycheck, contributing to their favorite charities, going to high school football games on Friday night, spending their weekends at the beach or on hunting trips - they've gotten off the fence. They've woken up. There is a level of political activism in this country that we haven't seen since the American Revolution, and Barack Obama has been the catalyst that has sparked a restructuring of the American political and social consciousness.
Think of the crap we've slowly learned to tolerate over the past 50 years as liberalism sought to re-structure the America that was the symbol of freedom and liberty to all the people of the world. Immigration laws were ignored on the basis of compassion. Welfare policies encouraged irresponsibility, the fracturing of families, and a cycle of generations of dependency. Debt was regarded as a tonic to lubricate the economy. Our children left school having been taught that they are exceptional and special, while great numbers of them cannot perform basic functions of mathematics and literacy. Legislators decided that people could not be trusted to defend their own homes, and stripped citizens of their rights to own firearms. Productive members of society have been penalized with a heavy burden of taxes in order to support legions of do-nothings who loll around, reveling in their addictions, obesity, indolence, ignorance and "disabilities." Criminals have been arrested and re-arrested, coddled and set free to pillage the citizenry yet again. Lawyers routinely extort fortunes from doctors, contractors and business people with dubious torts.
We slowly learned to tolerate these outrages, shaking our heads in disbelief, and we went on with our lives.
But Barack Obama has ripped the lid off a seething cauldron of dissatisfaction and unrest.
A former Communist is given a paid government position in the White House as an advisor to the president. Auto companies are taken over by the government, and the auto workers' union - whose contracts are completely insupportable in any economic sense - is rewarded with a stake in the company. Government bails out Wall Street investment bankers and insurance companies, who pay their executives outrageous bonuses as thanks for the public support. Terrorists are read their Miranda rights and given free lawyers. And, despite overwhelming public disapproval, Barack Obama has pushed forward with a health care plan that would re-structure one-sixth of the American economy.
Literally millions of Americans have had enough. They're organizing, they're studying the Constitution and the Federalist Papers, they're reading history and case law, they're showing up at rallies and meetings, and a slew of conservative candidates are throwing their hats into the ring. Is there a revolution brewing? Yes, in the sense that there is a keen awareness that our priorities and sensibilities must be radically re-structured. Will it be a violent revolution? No. It will be done through the interpretation of the original document that has guided us for 220 "FANTASTIC" years--- the Constitution. Just as the pendulum swung to embrace political correctness and liberalism, there will be a backlash, a complete repudiation of a hundred years of nonsense. A hundred years from now, history will perceive the year 2010 as the time when America got back on the right track. And for that, we can thank Barack Hussein Obama.
Gary Hubbell is a hunter, rancher, and former hunting and fly-fishing guide. Gary works as a Colorado ranch real estate broker. He can be reached through his website,
aspenranchrealestate.com
IF YOU AGREE, SHARE THIS. IF YOU DON'T, DO NOTHING AND KEEP YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND.
Source: Email to TheRightJack
Yes, indeed, I did write that. Thanks for your compliments.
Regards,
Gary Hubbell, Broker/Owner
United Country Colorado Brokers
Hotchkiss, CO 81419
970 872 3322 office
970 988 2122 cell
970 921 5588 home
970 872 3323 office fax
email: grandviewranch@gmail.com
web: www.uccoloradobrokers.com
web: www.aspenranchrealestate.com
EXCELLENT ARTICLE. NEVER EVER WOULD I HAVE THOUGHT THIS WOULD COME OUT OF ASPEN.
http://www/.aspentimes .com/article/20100228/ASPENWEEKLY/100229854
Barack Obama has awakened a sleeping nation
Gary Hubbell
Aspen Times Weekly
February 2010
Barack Obama is the best thing that has happened to America in the last 100 years. Truly, he is the savior of America 's future.
Despite the fact that he has some of the lowest approval ratings among recent presidents, history will see Barack Obama as the source of America 's resurrection. Barack Obama has plunged the country into levels of debt that we could not have previously imagined; his efforts to nationalize health care have been met with fierce resistance nationwide; TARP bailouts and stimulus spending have shown little positive effect on the national economy; unemployment is unacceptably high and looks to remain that way for most of a decade; legacy entitlement programs have ballooned to unsustainable levels, and there is a seething anger in the populace.
That's why Barack Obama is such a good thing for America . Here's why.
Obama is the symbol of a creeping liberalism that has infected our society like a cancer for the last 100 years. Just as Hitler is the face of fascism, Obama will go down in history as the face of unchecked liberalism. The cancer metastasized to the point where it could no longer be ignored.
Average Americans who have quietly gone about their lives, earning a paycheck, contributing to their favorite charities, going to high school football games on Friday night, spending their weekends at the beach or on hunting trips - they've gotten off the fence. They've woken up. There is a level of political activism in this country that we haven't seen since the American Revolution, and Barack Obama has been the catalyst that has sparked a restructuring of the American political and social consciousness.
Think of the crap we've slowly learned to tolerate over the past 50 years as liberalism sought to re-structure the America that was the symbol of freedom and liberty to all the people of the world. Immigration laws were ignored on the basis of compassion. Welfare policies encouraged irresponsibility, the fracturing of families, and a cycle of generations of dependency. Debt was regarded as a tonic to lubricate the economy. Our children left school having been taught that they are exceptional and special, while great numbers of them cannot perform basic functions of mathematics and literacy. Legislators decided that people could not be trusted to defend their own homes, and stripped citizens of their rights to own firearms. Productive members of society have been penalized with a heavy burden of taxes in order to support legions of do-nothings who loll around, reveling in their addictions, obesity, indolence, ignorance and "disabilities." Criminals have been arrested and re-arrested, coddled and set free to pillage the citizenry yet again. Lawyers routinely extort fortunes from doctors, contractors and business people with dubious torts.
We slowly learned to tolerate these outrages, shaking our heads in disbelief, and we went on with our lives.
But Barack Obama has ripped the lid off a seething cauldron of dissatisfaction and unrest.
A former Communist is given a paid government position in the White House as an advisor to the president. Auto companies are taken over by the government, and the auto workers' union - whose contracts are completely insupportable in any economic sense - is rewarded with a stake in the company. Government bails out Wall Street investment bankers and insurance companies, who pay their executives outrageous bonuses as thanks for the public support. Terrorists are read their Miranda rights and given free lawyers. And, despite overwhelming public disapproval, Barack Obama has pushed forward with a health care plan that would re-structure one-sixth of the American economy.
Literally millions of Americans have had enough. They're organizing, they're studying the Constitution and the Federalist Papers, they're reading history and case law, they're showing up at rallies and meetings, and a slew of conservative candidates are throwing their hats into the ring. Is there a revolution brewing? Yes, in the sense that there is a keen awareness that our priorities and sensibilities must be radically re-structured. Will it be a violent revolution? No. It will be done through the interpretation of the original document that has guided us for 220 "FANTASTIC" years--- the Constitution. Just as the pendulum swung to embrace political correctness and liberalism, there will be a backlash, a complete repudiation of a hundred years of nonsense. A hundred years from now, history will perceive the year 2010 as the time when America got back on the right track. And for that, we can thank Barack Hussein Obama.
Gary Hubbell is a hunter, rancher, and former hunting and fly-fishing guide. Gary works as a Colorado ranch real estate broker. He can be reached through his website,
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Obama Presidential Library
The Barack Hussein Obama Presidential Library
I was reading an article the other day that showed pictures of the different Presidential Libraries. Told how they contain all the pertinent information about the respective presidents. All of their history before their nominations, the campaign papers and memorabilia, all of the papers from their presidency, and so on. A wealth of information about the man and his life both private and public.
That got me to thinking, what would The Barack Hussein Obama presidential library look like and what would they archive in it? Just exactly what would the design parameters be? This is what I came up with:
1) It would not need to be very big because there are no records to archive from before he was president and everything he does as president is either done in secret, so dumb no one will admit to it, or a lie.
2) It would have to be very mobile because by the time he is done as president, no city or state will acknowledge that he ever even visited let alone originally came from there. Plus if the general public ever caught up with it...
3) Construction material would need to be easily maintained by minimal staff. Preferably something that could be hosed out occasionally and left to air dry.
4) It would be a good idea if it was a dual use facility so that it could at least get some sort of appropriate use.
The perfect answer to all of the above.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Who Is Rick Perry?
Who Is Rick Perry?
He is a fifth generation Texan, the son of hardscrabble west Texas tenant farmers – Democrats but conservatives through and through. He grew up in a farm town too small to be on the state map. Life was so hard that he was six years old before his house had indoor plumbing. His mother sewed his clothes, including the underwear he wore to college.
He is an Eagle Scout. After Paint Creek High School , he attended Texas A&M, graduated, and was commissioned into the Air Force where he became a C-130 pilot.
Now 61 years old, he has won nine elections to four different offices in Texas state government. In the first three elections he ran as a Democrat then switched to the Republican Party. He is currently the 47th governor of Texas – a position he has held for 11 years, the longest tenure of any governor in the nation.
He has never lost an election.
Rick Perry was the Lieutenant Governor to whom Governor George Bush handed over the office after winning the 2000 Presidential election. Since then, Perry won gubernatorial elections in 2002, 2004, and 2010, the last time by 55% against a field consisting of a Democrat, a Libertarian, a Green Party, and an Independent.
Since he became its Governor, Texas – a right to work state that taxes neither personal income nor capital gains – has added more jobs than the other 49 states combined. In the last two years, low taxes and little regulation led his state to create 47% of all jobs created in the entire nation. Five of the top ten cities with the highest job growth in the nation are in Texas . People follow jobs, so in the last four years for which data are available, Texas led every state in net interstate migration growth.
Perry signed ground-breaking “loser pays” tort reform and medical litigation rules that caused malpractice insurance rates to fall. Some 20,000 doctors have since moved to Texas .
Texas boasts 58 of the Fortune 500 companies – more than any other state. Since May 2011 Texas resumed its pre-recession employment levels. Only two other states and the District of Columbia have done that.
Texas ships 16% of the nation’s export value. California trails at 11%. Of the 70 companies that have fled California so far in 2011, 14 relocated in Texas .
In this year’s Texas legislative season, Perry got most of what he wanted. With no new taxes, a fiscally lean state budget was passed leaving $6 billion in a rainy day fund even as other states around the country struggled to balance budgets and avoid more deficit borrowing. A voter ID bill passed that was designed to prevent ballot box fraud and illegal voting. A bill passed that makes plaintiffs pay court costs and attorney fees if their suits are deemed frivolous.
Perry scored points even in his legislative failures. He failed to get sanctuary cities banned – Texas towns in which police cannot question detainees about their immigration status. The blame fell on the legislature. Perry also failed to get a so-called “anti-groping” bill passed that would put Transportation Security Administration agents in prison if they touch the genitals, anus, or breasts of passengers in a pat down. Federal officials threatened to halt all flights out of Texas airports and the bill died in special session. That endeared Texans even more to TSA employees living in Texas .
Perry jogs daily in the morning. He has no bodyguard with him, but his daughter’s dog runs by his side and he carries a laser-guided automatic pistol in his belt. Last year while jogging in an undeveloped area, a coyote paralleled his jogging route, eyeing his dog. He drew his pistol and killed the animal with one shot, leaving it where it fell. “He became mulch," Perry said. Animal rights groups protested, but Perry shrugged it off. “Don’t come after my dog,” he warned them.
Recently, Obama asked Perry to delay the July 7 execution of Humberto Leal in order to comply with the International Court of Justice in The Hague and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Perry refused. Therefore Obama asked the US Supreme Court to delay the execution because it would damage US foreign relations. The Court refused 5-4 and Perry ordered the execution to go forward as scheduled. Over the howls of diplomats, politicians, and the UN, Leal was administered a lethal injection at 6:20 p.m. Before he died, he admitted his guilt and asked for forgiveness.
The case has special implications for Perry, who is considering a run for the presidency in 2012. Even his critics resent federal interference in a Texas execution, which is related to a state, not a federal, crime – an alcohol and drug-fueled rape and murder 17 years ago by an illegal whose family brought him into the country 35 years ago as a child. The interference hinges not on the man’s guilt, which Leal’s advocates acknowledged, but on a technicality – failure to inform Leal that he could have gotten legal representation from the Mexican consulate in lieu of the court-appointed attorneys who represented him. Independent Texans saw Obama’s interference as another intrusion of federal power into the affairs of a state, which could cost Obama support in other states.
Needless to say, Perry is a hard-edged conservative and a ferocious defender of 10th Amendments rights (“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”) – an explicit restriction of the federal government to only those powers granted in the Constitution. Perry accuses the federal government, especially the Obama administration, of illegal overreach.
Perry said “no thanks” to the feds whose stimulus offered taxpayer dollars for education and unemployment assistance. The strings on “free money” from Washington , he said, would restrict Texas in managing its own affairs. Perry even depleted all state funds to fight recent wildfires before asking Washington for disaster relief. His request has been ignored, which comes across as an unvarnished federal power play, further pitting Perry and Texans against the federal government.
It’s little surprise, then, that 31% of Texans prefer Perry, who hasn’t announced for the presidency, versus 15% who prefer Romney and 11% who like Bachmann. This is consistent with a Fox poll which put Romney at 18% with national Republicans, Perry at 13%, and Bachmann at 11%. A Marist poll had Romney leading with 19% but Perry and Giuliani, neither of whom has announced, are tied for second at 13%. Perry is the favorite among Tea Party voters, beating Palin, also unannounced, and Bachmann. For a guy who is not officially running, Perry has more than an insignificant following compared with the announced candidates.
But none of the candidates – announced and unannounced – has caught fire. It’s still early in the 2012 election cycle, and polling results this far out border on meaninglessness. Yet I would have expected Romney to have a greater lead, given his money and name recognition, unless he is being perceived by voters as a nomination retread, now haunted by the Massachusetts experiment that Obama claims inspired his unpopular remaking of the national healthcare system. His business and economic expertise towers over Obama’s, but I suspect it would be easier for him to be elected than nominated. Palin has a fan base rather than a constituency ready to hand another rookie the keys to the White House. Bachmann, recently insulted by Chris Matthews in an interview asking if she was a “flake” because of her bizarre statements, might keep in mind that James Garfield was the only House member to be elected President – and that was over 130 years ago. Ryan may have recalled that fact when he declined to run.
But Perry is not without his negatives. French cuffs and cowboy boots adorned with the words “Freedom” and “ Liberty ” bespeak a self-assuredness that wears well in Texas and even in the south and southwest, but will it work in Philadelphia , New Hampshire , and Ohio ?
Perry is ruggedly handsome – a modern Marlboro kind of man – whom the late Texan and liberal columnist, Molly Ivins, called "Governor Goodhair.” His high octane rhetoric is unmistakably conservative. Speaking to the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans last month, he pumped the air with both fists as he strode to the podium. “Whew!’ he cried repeatedly. “Yeah!” He was like an excited race horse being shoved into a starting gate.
I stand before you today a disciplined conservative Texan -- a committed Republican and a proud American -- united with you in the desire to restore our nation and revive the American dream…
Our party cannot be all things to all people. It can't be. And our loudest opponents on the left are never gonna’ like us so let's quit trying to curry favor with 'em! … Let's speak with pride about our morals and our values and redouble our effort to elect more conservative Republicans. Let's stop this American downward spiral! …
This administration in Washington that's in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but it's the most qualified to make essential decisions for every American in every area. That mix of arrogance and audacity that guides the Obama administration is an affront to every freedom-loving American and a threat to every private sector job in this country.
He left the podium and stage as he had mounted it: pumping his fists, shouting “Yeah!” and “Whew!” as if he were returning to his corner after Round 1 of a prize fight.
It’s hard to imagine the cautiously moderate Romney, the bland somnambulistic Pawlenty, or even the outspoken and misspoken Bachmann delivering that performance. Yet, what a contrast Perry is to the pontifical, condescending Obama speaking style, his head robotically swiveling from side to side, nose unconsciously elevated. I suspect even the leading GOP candidates wish they had Perry’s “negatives.”
Perry’s speech was a tea partier’s delight. The almost cocky swagger. The Texas accent. But I wonder how it would sell to political independents – those more pragmatic than ideological?
Sweeping these concerns aside, Perry’s biggest challenge may be overcoming the fact that he is “another” Texas governor seeking the White House. After four years of Obama, Bush fatigue may have attenuated. But by how much? For those in the center – the ones who will decide the next election – the choice will be between four more years of someone they know (which they didn’t four years ago) versus someone who reminds them of someone they know (Bush) and wish they didn’t.
Beyond the Texas Governor’s mansion, the accent, and the swagger, however, the similarity ends. Their differences have been no small source of friction between the Bush and Perry camps.
A 2007 YouTube, for example, showed Perry at a fundraiser saying, “George Bush was never a fiscal conservative – never was,” going on to say, “I mean, ’95, ’97, ’99, George Bush (while he was Texas Governor) was spending money.” The video came to the attention of Bush aides and they were not happy with Perry’s criticisms of their man.
Then after initially embracing Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” law, Perry turned against it, calling it “a monstrous intrusion into our (i.e. the Texas education system) affairs” in an interview. His 10th Amendment fire-breathing can’t be contained.
When Perry ran for his third gubernatorial election, the Bush family and political team retaliated by backing Perry’s Republican opponent, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, providing her campaign with fundraising and organizational support. Perry won the primary and went on to win in the general election by a sizable margin, no doubt giving him cause to gloat and giving the Bush camp cause to mope.
The relationship between Perry and Bush continues to be frosty. But it would be foolish for Perry to provoke the Bush family into working against him if he chooses to run for President. And it would also be petty of the Bush family to deny that politics requires a candidate to show that he is his own man, not a clone of his former boss. Gore ran against Clinton in 2000, and if Perry runs, he will have to show his independence of Bush if he is to have any hope of shedding the “Oh no, not another Texas Governor” image.
Bush ran as a “compassionate conservative,” probably a euphemism for the liberalism of his rich family, which is what caused Reagan to balance his conservative ticket with running mate George H. W. Bush. Perry will have to show that he intends to reverse the reckless spending of the Bush-Obama years.
Bush ran as a “uniter, not a divider.” Perry will have to show that he intends to be an unmistakable contrast to everything Obama stands for and will undo the Obama program, even as Clinton undid the Reagan legacy and Obama undid the Bush programs, complaining all the while that Bush was responsible for everything that was wrong with America .
Perry has not yet said he is in the race. Time is running out for him to do so. But should Obama be concerned if Perry runs? Absolutely. Obama cannot run on his record – an unpopular healthcare law, a failed stimulus, unprecedented spending and debt, a jobless “recovery” and the threat of a double-dip recession, not to mention a foreign policy he can’t explain and his undeclared war on Libya . Obama’s record is a disaster. Perry by contrast produced in Texas an oasis of prosperity in a sea of misery during the Obama years.
Not being able to defend his own economic record, or attack Perry's, Obama might try to paint Perry as a representative of the far right. That wouldn't be easy. Perry served three terms in the Texas House as a Democrat, and supported Al Gore's 1988 presidential bid. That was when there were still some conservative Democrats. Perry switched to the Republican Party in 1989 when the Democrat Party began moving left.
Obama might attack Perry’s ideological extremism. But Perry could remind voters that Reagan was initially painted as a conservative extremist, until Reagan’s folksy “Now there you go again” confidence showed Americans that the extremist was in the White House. Reagan’s proof was the economic chaos Carter had wrought (“Are you better off now than you were four years ago?”) and the foreign policy catastrophes his policies produced in Iran , whose hostage crisis was nearing 400 days.
Unlike Perry, Obama is all hat and no cattle. There is no Obama thrust that Perry can’t parry if he keeps his good humor and enthusiasm and reminds Americans that, yes, his flaws are large – until you compare them with Obama’s.
Source: Unknown
He is a fifth generation Texan, the son of hardscrabble west Texas tenant farmers – Democrats but conservatives through and through. He grew up in a farm town too small to be on the state map. Life was so hard that he was six years old before his house had indoor plumbing. His mother sewed his clothes, including the underwear he wore to college.
He is an Eagle Scout. After Paint Creek High School , he attended Texas A&M, graduated, and was commissioned into the Air Force where he became a C-130 pilot.
Now 61 years old, he has won nine elections to four different offices in Texas state government. In the first three elections he ran as a Democrat then switched to the Republican Party. He is currently the 47th governor of Texas – a position he has held for 11 years, the longest tenure of any governor in the nation.
He has never lost an election.
Rick Perry was the Lieutenant Governor to whom Governor George Bush handed over the office after winning the 2000 Presidential election. Since then, Perry won gubernatorial elections in 2002, 2004, and 2010, the last time by 55% against a field consisting of a Democrat, a Libertarian, a Green Party, and an Independent.
Since he became its Governor, Texas – a right to work state that taxes neither personal income nor capital gains – has added more jobs than the other 49 states combined. In the last two years, low taxes and little regulation led his state to create 47% of all jobs created in the entire nation. Five of the top ten cities with the highest job growth in the nation are in Texas . People follow jobs, so in the last four years for which data are available, Texas led every state in net interstate migration growth.
Perry signed ground-breaking “loser pays” tort reform and medical litigation rules that caused malpractice insurance rates to fall. Some 20,000 doctors have since moved to Texas .
Texas boasts 58 of the Fortune 500 companies – more than any other state. Since May 2011 Texas resumed its pre-recession employment levels. Only two other states and the District of Columbia have done that.
Texas ships 16% of the nation’s export value. California trails at 11%. Of the 70 companies that have fled California so far in 2011, 14 relocated in Texas .
In this year’s Texas legislative season, Perry got most of what he wanted. With no new taxes, a fiscally lean state budget was passed leaving $6 billion in a rainy day fund even as other states around the country struggled to balance budgets and avoid more deficit borrowing. A voter ID bill passed that was designed to prevent ballot box fraud and illegal voting. A bill passed that makes plaintiffs pay court costs and attorney fees if their suits are deemed frivolous.
Perry scored points even in his legislative failures. He failed to get sanctuary cities banned – Texas towns in which police cannot question detainees about their immigration status. The blame fell on the legislature. Perry also failed to get a so-called “anti-groping” bill passed that would put Transportation Security Administration agents in prison if they touch the genitals, anus, or breasts of passengers in a pat down. Federal officials threatened to halt all flights out of Texas airports and the bill died in special session. That endeared Texans even more to TSA employees living in Texas .
Perry jogs daily in the morning. He has no bodyguard with him, but his daughter’s dog runs by his side and he carries a laser-guided automatic pistol in his belt. Last year while jogging in an undeveloped area, a coyote paralleled his jogging route, eyeing his dog. He drew his pistol and killed the animal with one shot, leaving it where it fell. “He became mulch," Perry said. Animal rights groups protested, but Perry shrugged it off. “Don’t come after my dog,” he warned them.
Recently, Obama asked Perry to delay the July 7 execution of Humberto Leal in order to comply with the International Court of Justice in The Hague and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Perry refused. Therefore Obama asked the US Supreme Court to delay the execution because it would damage US foreign relations. The Court refused 5-4 and Perry ordered the execution to go forward as scheduled. Over the howls of diplomats, politicians, and the UN, Leal was administered a lethal injection at 6:20 p.m. Before he died, he admitted his guilt and asked for forgiveness.
The case has special implications for Perry, who is considering a run for the presidency in 2012. Even his critics resent federal interference in a Texas execution, which is related to a state, not a federal, crime – an alcohol and drug-fueled rape and murder 17 years ago by an illegal whose family brought him into the country 35 years ago as a child. The interference hinges not on the man’s guilt, which Leal’s advocates acknowledged, but on a technicality – failure to inform Leal that he could have gotten legal representation from the Mexican consulate in lieu of the court-appointed attorneys who represented him. Independent Texans saw Obama’s interference as another intrusion of federal power into the affairs of a state, which could cost Obama support in other states.
Needless to say, Perry is a hard-edged conservative and a ferocious defender of 10th Amendments rights (“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”) – an explicit restriction of the federal government to only those powers granted in the Constitution. Perry accuses the federal government, especially the Obama administration, of illegal overreach.
Perry said “no thanks” to the feds whose stimulus offered taxpayer dollars for education and unemployment assistance. The strings on “free money” from Washington , he said, would restrict Texas in managing its own affairs. Perry even depleted all state funds to fight recent wildfires before asking Washington for disaster relief. His request has been ignored, which comes across as an unvarnished federal power play, further pitting Perry and Texans against the federal government.
It’s little surprise, then, that 31% of Texans prefer Perry, who hasn’t announced for the presidency, versus 15% who prefer Romney and 11% who like Bachmann. This is consistent with a Fox poll which put Romney at 18% with national Republicans, Perry at 13%, and Bachmann at 11%. A Marist poll had Romney leading with 19% but Perry and Giuliani, neither of whom has announced, are tied for second at 13%. Perry is the favorite among Tea Party voters, beating Palin, also unannounced, and Bachmann. For a guy who is not officially running, Perry has more than an insignificant following compared with the announced candidates.
But none of the candidates – announced and unannounced – has caught fire. It’s still early in the 2012 election cycle, and polling results this far out border on meaninglessness. Yet I would have expected Romney to have a greater lead, given his money and name recognition, unless he is being perceived by voters as a nomination retread, now haunted by the Massachusetts experiment that Obama claims inspired his unpopular remaking of the national healthcare system. His business and economic expertise towers over Obama’s, but I suspect it would be easier for him to be elected than nominated. Palin has a fan base rather than a constituency ready to hand another rookie the keys to the White House. Bachmann, recently insulted by Chris Matthews in an interview asking if she was a “flake” because of her bizarre statements, might keep in mind that James Garfield was the only House member to be elected President – and that was over 130 years ago. Ryan may have recalled that fact when he declined to run.
But Perry is not without his negatives. French cuffs and cowboy boots adorned with the words “Freedom” and “ Liberty ” bespeak a self-assuredness that wears well in Texas and even in the south and southwest, but will it work in Philadelphia , New Hampshire , and Ohio ?
Perry is ruggedly handsome – a modern Marlboro kind of man – whom the late Texan and liberal columnist, Molly Ivins, called "Governor Goodhair.” His high octane rhetoric is unmistakably conservative. Speaking to the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans last month, he pumped the air with both fists as he strode to the podium. “Whew!’ he cried repeatedly. “Yeah!” He was like an excited race horse being shoved into a starting gate.
I stand before you today a disciplined conservative Texan -- a committed Republican and a proud American -- united with you in the desire to restore our nation and revive the American dream…
Our party cannot be all things to all people. It can't be. And our loudest opponents on the left are never gonna’ like us so let's quit trying to curry favor with 'em! … Let's speak with pride about our morals and our values and redouble our effort to elect more conservative Republicans. Let's stop this American downward spiral! …
This administration in Washington that's in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but it's the most qualified to make essential decisions for every American in every area. That mix of arrogance and audacity that guides the Obama administration is an affront to every freedom-loving American and a threat to every private sector job in this country.
He left the podium and stage as he had mounted it: pumping his fists, shouting “Yeah!” and “Whew!” as if he were returning to his corner after Round 1 of a prize fight.
It’s hard to imagine the cautiously moderate Romney, the bland somnambulistic Pawlenty, or even the outspoken and misspoken Bachmann delivering that performance. Yet, what a contrast Perry is to the pontifical, condescending Obama speaking style, his head robotically swiveling from side to side, nose unconsciously elevated. I suspect even the leading GOP candidates wish they had Perry’s “negatives.”
Perry’s speech was a tea partier’s delight. The almost cocky swagger. The Texas accent. But I wonder how it would sell to political independents – those more pragmatic than ideological?
Sweeping these concerns aside, Perry’s biggest challenge may be overcoming the fact that he is “another” Texas governor seeking the White House. After four years of Obama, Bush fatigue may have attenuated. But by how much? For those in the center – the ones who will decide the next election – the choice will be between four more years of someone they know (which they didn’t four years ago) versus someone who reminds them of someone they know (Bush) and wish they didn’t.
Beyond the Texas Governor’s mansion, the accent, and the swagger, however, the similarity ends. Their differences have been no small source of friction between the Bush and Perry camps.
A 2007 YouTube, for example, showed Perry at a fundraiser saying, “George Bush was never a fiscal conservative – never was,” going on to say, “I mean, ’95, ’97, ’99, George Bush (while he was Texas Governor) was spending money.” The video came to the attention of Bush aides and they were not happy with Perry’s criticisms of their man.
Then after initially embracing Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” law, Perry turned against it, calling it “a monstrous intrusion into our (i.e. the Texas education system) affairs” in an interview. His 10th Amendment fire-breathing can’t be contained.
When Perry ran for his third gubernatorial election, the Bush family and political team retaliated by backing Perry’s Republican opponent, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, providing her campaign with fundraising and organizational support. Perry won the primary and went on to win in the general election by a sizable margin, no doubt giving him cause to gloat and giving the Bush camp cause to mope.
The relationship between Perry and Bush continues to be frosty. But it would be foolish for Perry to provoke the Bush family into working against him if he chooses to run for President. And it would also be petty of the Bush family to deny that politics requires a candidate to show that he is his own man, not a clone of his former boss. Gore ran against Clinton in 2000, and if Perry runs, he will have to show his independence of Bush if he is to have any hope of shedding the “Oh no, not another Texas Governor” image.
Bush ran as a “compassionate conservative,” probably a euphemism for the liberalism of his rich family, which is what caused Reagan to balance his conservative ticket with running mate George H. W. Bush. Perry will have to show that he intends to reverse the reckless spending of the Bush-Obama years.
Bush ran as a “uniter, not a divider.” Perry will have to show that he intends to be an unmistakable contrast to everything Obama stands for and will undo the Obama program, even as Clinton undid the Reagan legacy and Obama undid the Bush programs, complaining all the while that Bush was responsible for everything that was wrong with America .
Perry has not yet said he is in the race. Time is running out for him to do so. But should Obama be concerned if Perry runs? Absolutely. Obama cannot run on his record – an unpopular healthcare law, a failed stimulus, unprecedented spending and debt, a jobless “recovery” and the threat of a double-dip recession, not to mention a foreign policy he can’t explain and his undeclared war on Libya . Obama’s record is a disaster. Perry by contrast produced in Texas an oasis of prosperity in a sea of misery during the Obama years.
Not being able to defend his own economic record, or attack Perry's, Obama might try to paint Perry as a representative of the far right. That wouldn't be easy. Perry served three terms in the Texas House as a Democrat, and supported Al Gore's 1988 presidential bid. That was when there were still some conservative Democrats. Perry switched to the Republican Party in 1989 when the Democrat Party began moving left.
Obama might attack Perry’s ideological extremism. But Perry could remind voters that Reagan was initially painted as a conservative extremist, until Reagan’s folksy “Now there you go again” confidence showed Americans that the extremist was in the White House. Reagan’s proof was the economic chaos Carter had wrought (“Are you better off now than you were four years ago?”) and the foreign policy catastrophes his policies produced in Iran , whose hostage crisis was nearing 400 days.
Unlike Perry, Obama is all hat and no cattle. There is no Obama thrust that Perry can’t parry if he keeps his good humor and enthusiasm and reminds Americans that, yes, his flaws are large – until you compare them with Obama’s.
Source: Unknown
Song: Oh Donna
Oh Donna song from the 1950s with new lyrics to fit the days and times of this administration. [YouTube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=aiGg8D4hFLc&vq=medium
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Trickle Down Taxation
Tax and Spend and Tax some more
Warren Buffett calls for more taxes on the wealthy. [Yahoo] So what is stopping the wealthy from making serious donations to Big Gov.
The Fair Tax would solve that tax issue AND take payoffs for votes away from Congress, says TheRightJack. Nearly 50% of the US population pay no taxes and also receive tax refunds through the earned income tax credit. Does paying no income tax mean that some people are not paying their fair share. The top 1% already pay 39% of all income taxes, up from 2% in 2000 when Bush 43 took office. 8/17/11
Tax and Spend
Trickle Down Taxation is here now. Just 30 days ago I thought it was on the near horizon. Many people in the USA are now receiving all manner taxpayer financed tax breaks, earned income tax credits, rent, child care, social security, health care, tuition, and other free government benefits. Then there are the so-called stimulus packages. Everyone will soon find that, little by little, the Democrats will need more and more money from people who are NOT paying taxes. Everyone will start paying more and more money to the government in many different ways. So much for tax cuts. 3/1/09
Obviously, those who are already paying taxes are going to pay more and more taxes. Taxpayers will pay business taxes and energy taxes. They will create health care taxes and then ration it. They are even talking about confiscating all taxpayer retirement accounts. Incredibly, they are just doing what they said they would do. Wake up. Soon the United Socialistic States of America will have the same problems as do the citizens of China, North Korea, Cuba and the old USSR. Everybody will be working for the government and that is Socialistic* with a capital S - USSA.
Count on these Changes to occur if we do not make Changes that make a difference. Make no mistake. We are on our way to becoming a socialistic nation under this Democrat President and this Democrat Congress.
Change now or forever hold your peace.
* Note that BHO used the word socialistic to avoid the socialist tag that has been hung around the neck of the current crop of Democrats in Washington.
Warren Buffett calls for more taxes on the wealthy. [Yahoo] So what is stopping the wealthy from making serious donations to Big Gov.
The Fair Tax would solve that tax issue AND take payoffs for votes away from Congress, says TheRightJack. Nearly 50% of the US population pay no taxes and also receive tax refunds through the earned income tax credit. Does paying no income tax mean that some people are not paying their fair share. The top 1% already pay 39% of all income taxes, up from 2% in 2000 when Bush 43 took office. 8/17/11
Tax and Spend
Trickle Down Taxation is here now. Just 30 days ago I thought it was on the near horizon. Many people in the USA are now receiving all manner taxpayer financed tax breaks, earned income tax credits, rent, child care, social security, health care, tuition, and other free government benefits. Then there are the so-called stimulus packages. Everyone will soon find that, little by little, the Democrats will need more and more money from people who are NOT paying taxes. Everyone will start paying more and more money to the government in many different ways. So much for tax cuts. 3/1/09
Obviously, those who are already paying taxes are going to pay more and more taxes. Taxpayers will pay business taxes and energy taxes. They will create health care taxes and then ration it. They are even talking about confiscating all taxpayer retirement accounts. Incredibly, they are just doing what they said they would do. Wake up. Soon the United Socialistic States of America will have the same problems as do the citizens of China, North Korea, Cuba and the old USSR. Everybody will be working for the government and that is Socialistic* with a capital S - USSA.
Count on these Changes to occur if we do not make Changes that make a difference. Make no mistake. We are on our way to becoming a socialistic nation under this Democrat President and this Democrat Congress.
Change now or forever hold your peace.
* Note that BHO used the word socialistic to avoid the socialist tag that has been hung around the neck of the current crop of Democrats in Washington.
Evolution of language
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c".. Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k".
This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi TU understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.
If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza peple.
Not made in USA
John Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock
(MADE IN JAPAN)
for 6 am ..
While his coffeepot
(MADE IN CHINA)
was perking,
he shaved with his electric razor
(MADE IN HONG KONG)
He put on a dress shirt
(MADE IN SRI LANKA),
designer jeans
(MADE IN SINGAPORE)
and tennis shoes
(MADE IN KOREA)
After cooking his breakfast in his new
electric skillet
(MADE IN INDIA)
he sat down with his calculator
(MADE IN MEXICO)
to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch
(MADE IN TAIWAN)
to the radio
(MADE IN INDIA)
he got in his car
(MADE IN GERMANY)
filled it with GAS
(from Saudi Arabia)
and continued his search
for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.
At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his Computer
(made in MALAYSIA),
John decided to relax for a while.
He put on his sandals
(MADE IN BRAZIL),
poured himself a glass of wine
(MADE IN FRANCE)
and turned on his TV
(MADE IN INDONESIA),
and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in AMERICA
AND NOW
HE'S HOPING HE CAN GET HELP FROM
A PRESIDENT
MADE IN KENYA
You gotta keep this one circulating!
(MADE IN JAPAN)
for 6 am ..
While his coffeepot
(MADE IN CHINA)
was perking,
he shaved with his electric razor
(MADE IN HONG KONG)
He put on a dress shirt
(MADE IN SRI LANKA),
designer jeans
(MADE IN SINGAPORE)
and tennis shoes
(MADE IN KOREA)
After cooking his breakfast in his new
electric skillet
(MADE IN INDIA)
he sat down with his calculator
(MADE IN MEXICO)
to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch
(MADE IN TAIWAN)
to the radio
(MADE IN INDIA)
he got in his car
(MADE IN GERMANY)
filled it with GAS
(from Saudi Arabia)
and continued his search
for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.
At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his Computer
(made in MALAYSIA),
John decided to relax for a while.
He put on his sandals
(MADE IN BRAZIL),
poured himself a glass of wine
(MADE IN FRANCE)
and turned on his TV
(MADE IN INDONESIA),
and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in AMERICA
AND NOW
HE'S HOPING HE CAN GET HELP FROM
A PRESIDENT
MADE IN KENYA
You gotta keep this one circulating!
Guns and children - interview
Major General Peter Cosgrove is an 'Australian treasure!'
General Cosgrove was interviewed on the radio recently. Read his reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning guns and children. This is one of the best comeback lines of all time. It is a portion of an ABC radio interview between a female broadcaster and General Cosgrove who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting his military Headquarters.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
So, General Cosgrove, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base?
GENERAL COSGROVE:
We're going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery and shooting.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible, isn't it?
GENERAL COSGROVE:
I don't see why, they'll be properly supervised on the rifle range.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
Don't you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?
GENERAL COSGROVE:
I don't see how. We will be teaching them proper rifle discipline before they even touch a firearm.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
But you're equipping them to become violent killers.
GENERAL COSGROVE:
Well, Ma'am, you're equipped to be a prostitute, but you're not one, are you?
The radiocast went silent for 46 seconds and when it returned, the interview was over.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Congressional Reform Act of 2012
THE CONGRESSIONAL REFORM ACT of 2011
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - - - Patrick Henry
The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971 ... before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land ... all because of public pressure.
I'm asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.
In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.
Congressional Reform Act of 2011
1. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12.
The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people, it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Maybe it is time.
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!
If you agree with the above, pass it on. If not, just delete.
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - - - Patrick Henry
The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971 ... before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land ... all because of public pressure.
I'm asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.
In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.
Congressional Reform Act of 2011
1. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12.
The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people, it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Maybe it is time.
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!
If you agree with the above, pass it on. If not, just delete.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Humor: Nightmare
NIGHTMARE:
In the nightmare I found myself nude in bed, and I was looking at a mirror on the ceiling, and I discovered that I am a Negro, and I'm circumcised!
Quickly I sat up, found my pants and looked in the pockets to find my driver's license photo and it was that same color, black.
I felt myself being very depressed, downcast, sitting in a chair.
But it's a wheelchair!
That means, of course, besides being black and Jewish, I'm also disabled! I said to myself, aloud 'This is impossible! It's impossible that I should be black and Jewish and disabled!'
'It's the pure and holy truth', whispers someone from behind me.
I turn around, and it's my boyfriend.
Just what I needed!!! I am a homosexual, and on top of that, with a Mexican boyfriend.
Oh, my God .... Black, Jewish, disabled, gay with a Mexican boyfriend, drug addict, and HIV-positive!!!
Desperate, I begin to shout, cry, pull my hair, and Oh, nooooo...I'm bald!!!
The telephone rings. it's my brother. He is saying, 'Since mom and dad died, the only thing you do is hang out, take drugs, and laze around all day doing nothing. Get a job, you worthless piece of crap ... Any job!'
Mom? Dad? Nooooo ... Now I'm also an unemployed orphan!
I try to explain to my brother how hard it is to find a job when you are black, Jewish, disabled, gay with a Mexican boyfriend, are a drug addict, HIV positive, bald, and an orphan, but he doesn't get it.
Frustrated, I hang up. It's then I realize I only have one hand!!! With tears in my eyes, I go to the window to look out. I see I live in a shanty-town full of cardboard and tin houses! There is trash everywhere.
Suddenly I feel a sharp pain near my pacemaker. ... Pacemaker?
Besides being black, Jewish, disabled, a fairy with a Mexican boyfriend, a drug addict, HIV positive, bald, orphaned, unemployed, an invalid with one hand, and having a bad heart, I live in a crappy neighborhood.
At that very moment my boyfriend approaches and says to me, 'Sweetie pie, my love, my little black heartthrob, have you decided what you are going to wear to Washington to see Obama?
Say it isn't so!!! I can handle being a black, disabled, one armed, drug-addicted, Jewish homosexual on a pacemaker who is HIV positive, bald, orphaned, unemployed, lives in a slum, and has a Mexican boyfriend, but please, Oh dear God, please don't tell me I'm a Democrat!!!!
Congress: Chaos always wins because it's better organized.
In the nightmare I found myself nude in bed, and I was looking at a mirror on the ceiling, and I discovered that I am a Negro, and I'm circumcised!
Quickly I sat up, found my pants and looked in the pockets to find my driver's license photo and it was that same color, black.
I felt myself being very depressed, downcast, sitting in a chair.
But it's a wheelchair!
That means, of course, besides being black and Jewish, I'm also disabled! I said to myself, aloud 'This is impossible! It's impossible that I should be black and Jewish and disabled!'
'It's the pure and holy truth', whispers someone from behind me.
I turn around, and it's my boyfriend.
Just what I needed!!! I am a homosexual, and on top of that, with a Mexican boyfriend.
Oh, my God .... Black, Jewish, disabled, gay with a Mexican boyfriend, drug addict, and HIV-positive!!!
Desperate, I begin to shout, cry, pull my hair, and Oh, nooooo...I'm bald!!!
The telephone rings. it's my brother. He is saying, 'Since mom and dad died, the only thing you do is hang out, take drugs, and laze around all day doing nothing. Get a job, you worthless piece of crap ... Any job!'
Mom? Dad? Nooooo ... Now I'm also an unemployed orphan!
I try to explain to my brother how hard it is to find a job when you are black, Jewish, disabled, gay with a Mexican boyfriend, are a drug addict, HIV positive, bald, and an orphan, but he doesn't get it.
Frustrated, I hang up. It's then I realize I only have one hand!!! With tears in my eyes, I go to the window to look out. I see I live in a shanty-town full of cardboard and tin houses! There is trash everywhere.
Suddenly I feel a sharp pain near my pacemaker. ... Pacemaker?
Besides being black, Jewish, disabled, a fairy with a Mexican boyfriend, a drug addict, HIV positive, bald, orphaned, unemployed, an invalid with one hand, and having a bad heart, I live in a crappy neighborhood.
At that very moment my boyfriend approaches and says to me, 'Sweetie pie, my love, my little black heartthrob, have you decided what you are going to wear to Washington to see Obama?
Say it isn't so!!! I can handle being a black, disabled, one armed, drug-addicted, Jewish homosexual on a pacemaker who is HIV positive, bald, orphaned, unemployed, lives in a slum, and has a Mexican boyfriend, but please, Oh dear God, please don't tell me I'm a Democrat!!!!
Congress: Chaos always wins because it's better organized.
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