Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Unintended Consequences of Government Actions

Replay from June 25, 2009

The foresight of our Congressional Legislators is near zero. It appears that they seldom see or acknowledge the long term results of their political actions. The most recent example involved the sub-prime mortgage disaster that sent our economy into a nosedive. Now there is the health care debacle.


$$$ State of Illinois raised state sales tax and state income tax. Spending cuts not an option.

Consequences: People and business planning to leave Illinois. Surrounding states happy.


$$$ Democrat sponsored ObamaCare to require individual and family insurance coverage for everyone including children up to age 26 or pay a fine. Coverage for pre-existing conditions mandated.

Consequences: Doctors plan to leave their profession. PAs likely to fill the void. Insurance companies stop offering insurance coverage for children. No insurance company can afford stay in business by offering coverage for pre-existing conditions. Quality of care to drop to levels unseen in the USA in over 100 years.


$$$ Democrat legislators in Congress decided that people who could not afford homes should be given mortgage without regard to their ability to pay. Enforced by threat of government retribution.

Consequences: The great housing collapse of 2009 has been attributed directly to a program started by President Jimmy Carter. It was revived and continued by President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama.


$$$ Democrats are working through plans to offer universal health care for all people in the USA. This form of socialized medicine is likely to happen without regard to citizenship.

Consequences: Waiting list will be created for diagnosis and treatment. More assistants, rather than doctors, will take on the role of diagnosis and treatment. Health care for seniors in particular will become rationed and even denied based on age. Doctors who can are likely to move their practices to friendly nations like The Bahamas and elsewhere. Internationals who previously came to the USA for treatment because of inadequate care in their home nations, are likely to travel elsewhere to received good health care.


$$$ The State of California is raising taxes to fund their socialist agenda.

Consequences: People and businesses are leaving California to pursue their dreams and opportunities in other states. In the face of spiraling debt, they still prefer to raise taxes rather than cut spending.


$$$ A California city, like the auto industry, gave their employees massive benefits and age 55 full retirement pensions.

Consequences: Their employee pension plan went broke. Who won that bargaining session. Nothing learned.


$$$ Democrat legislators in the state of New Jersey [around 2007] put a heavy luxury tax on their boat industry.

Consequences: The luxury boat industry left New Jersey for states with lower tax rates. Jobs were lost along with that tax revenue.


$$$ Democrat legislators in Congress decided to provide charitable government stipends to single moms. This Great Society initiative promoted by President Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s has not yet stopped expanding.

Consequences: Intact families separated because that increased the benefits received from the government. This Great Society initiative, instead of helping people, actually broke up families. It is responsible for fewer marriages, more divorces, more single moms and more fatherless children. Who are the dominant trouble- makers in school and who dominates the inmate population – the offspring in single parent homes.


$$$ Democrat legislators in Congress established benefit programs for mothers with children who were previously labeled as retarded.

Consequences: Mothers now seek out retarded fathers who can give them more retarded children because it pays well.


$$$ Schools have gone out of their way to eliminate competition for good grades and honors [i.e., no grades], in testing, in scholarship and even in physical education activities.

Consequences: The long term consequences of “no competition” is yet to be determined.


$$$ Obama Administrators have decreed that enemy terrorist combatants will be read US Miranda Rights on the battlefield.

Consequences: Less information about the enemy strategies and positions will be gained from captured terrorists. Possibly, fewer enemy terrorists will survive battlefield capture as they try to escape in a threatening manner.


$$$ Congress wants to release questionable photos that Middle East web sites will post to generate more and more hatred toward the USA.

Consequences: More young American soldiers, both Democrat and Republican, will be put in harm’s way. ... the right jack

Humor: History condensed

For those that don't know about history ... Here is a condensed version:

Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1. Liberals
2. Conservatives.

Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to BBQ at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly BBQ's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. They became known as girlie-men. Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.

Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass for obvious reasons.

Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare.

Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink domestic beer, mostly Bud or Miller. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, engineers, corporate executives, athletes, members of the military, airline pilots and generally anyone who works productively.

Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America. They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history:

It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above before forwarding it.

A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other true believers and to more liberals just to tick them off.

And there you have it. Let your next action reveal your true self.

I'm going to have another beer.

Humor: Good catholic joke

Good Catholic Joke

The Pope and Obama are on the same stage in Yankee Stadium in front of a huge crowd.

The Pope leans towards Mr. Obama and said, "Do you know that with one little wave of my hand I can make every person in this crowd go wild with joy? This joy will not be a momentary display, but will go deep into their hearts and they'll forever speak of this day and rejoice!"

Obama replied, "I seriously doubt that! With one little wave of your hand....Show me!"
So the Pope backhanded him and knocked him off the stage!

AND THE CROWD ROARED & CHEERED WILDLY!

Monday, January 31, 2011

Really? January 16-31, 2010

Highlights of the month

Dilemma for the right jack. Political news on the right and left has been keeping my daily capsule reports flowing like the billions of dollars in Big Dem Government spending. Starting today, the 16th, I am separating the Really? Monthly News Capsules into two sections – 1st thought the 15th and then the 16th through the end of the month.

How do you know Democrats are guilty? When Democrats start taking heat for their shady activities, Democrats are "knee-jerk" quick to draw Republicans into the criticisms and shift the blame to both parties. =trj

If guns kill then do spoons make me fat? Do pens and computers make me mispell words?

The Undocumented One = The Alleged Citizen. Proof of US birth still missing.

Democrat Strategy? Overwhelm the US economy in every way imaginable with centralization, bailouts, loans, credits, rules, regulations, taxes, etc. Increase government jobs. Penalize employers. Destroy private sector jobs. Create unemployment. Create government dependence. Blame Republicans. After two years, begin talking about creating jobs to usher in approaching November 2012 re-election season.

2011 is an unusual year. We will experience 4 uncommon dates, 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, and 11/11/11. Now go figure this out. Take the last 2 digits of the year you were born, plus the age you will be this year and it will equal 111.

See my comments about Neil Boortz at Educational Awareness. For instance, producing "men of letters' was not a goal of public education in the early years of the nation. Boortz is one of my favorite radio talk show hosts.

And now on to our regular posts

Dear God, All I ask for in 2011 is a big, fat bank account and a slim body. Please don't mix these up like you did last year. Amen.

NYC mayor trying to rid city budget of non-teaching teachers. Rubber room teachers on probation, etc. likely to have full support by their union.

Democrats receive 95% of union donations. [Trentonial Editorial 1/26/11]

The less educated you are, the more likely you will vote for a Democrat - - - Neil Boortz

Terrorist arrested. US Border Patrol agents captured radical Muslim cleric, Jaziri, age 44, attempting to illegally sneak into USA across California-Mexican border. This terrorism supporting cleric has been banned from France, Canada and US police sources told the Law Enforcement Examiner. Jaziri gained notoriety when he ordered his followers to "execute" the controversial Danish cartoonist who drew pictures of the prophet Mohammed. Jaziri had been deported from Canada to Tunisia in 2007 after Canadian immigration officials discovered that he had fabricated statements on his refugee application. Prior to that he had been imprisoned in France on terrorism-related charges. [DAPAC 1/29/11]

Egypt. The Undocumented One [TUO] scolded Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak saying that he must respond to the wishes of his people and stop the dictatorial powers of his special police force, among other things. Yet, TUO completely ignores these admonitions when it comes to what he is doing to US voters as he bypasses Congress with HealthCare, waivers, his Czars, special buy-outs and selective enforcement of the laws by his Department of Justice. 1/28/11 =trj

Muslim Brotherhood appears to be in the center of the revolt to take over Egypt. Iraq seems to be within their grasp as well when US forces abandon the Afghan and Iraqi people.

The Undocumented one [UDO] appears to have absolutely no foreign policy strategy or experience to protect the USA from terrorist nations. That comes as no surprise to those who voted against him and Democrats in 2008 and 2010 elections. Economic policies of Obama and the Democrats are the biggest threat to US freedom and independence in our history.

40% of those who are exempt from ObamaCare are union members.

Energy Poverty. New anti-accomplishment way to rob wealthy nations with responsible governance of their wealth to benefit those who live without electricity or efficient cooking and heating, while lacking responsible governance. Note that much charitable giving ends up in the private bank accounts of despots.

ACLU and US Department of Justice in cahoots against State of Arizona’s immigration legislation.

Gasoline Revenue. Taxes to go up on electricity to replace tax revenue lost on gasoline sales. [The Fair Tax will fix that! =trj]

Audit the Federal Reserve. A Republican initiative. Click Here to support that effort.

Links between Google and The Undocumented One raising many ethical and transparency questions. Same can be said for GE and Wall Street, not to mention the ongoing missing birth certificate issue.

Folks in the Middle East should be getting paranoid as they become more and more like the animals that eat their young. What goes around, comes around. =trj

Democrats planning to create national Bio Gov Pharmacy. To cost billions but not disclosed. Called National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. [We can say with certainty that any Big Gov cost estimate for any Big Gov project will be grossly understated. =trj]

What do Hugo Chavez, Adolph Hitler, Harry Reid and Barack Obama have in common? They were all duly elected officials that ran on Socialist platforms, who immediately went to work illegally changing rules and subverting their constitutions with the intention of “fundamentally transforming” their republics into Dictatorships. The first two succeeded. Will we allow Reid and Obama to follow in their footsteps? [DAPAC]

All evidence to date confirms that the alleged killer in the recent AZ mayhem is an apolitical, pot-head, psychotic loner personally obsessed with the Democrat Congresswoman he had targeted. He had no contact or connection to conservative politics at all. Need visual proof that Obama Puppet Media continues to lie. Includes the Daily Kos targeting Gabby in 2008. Click Here.

New homes sales lowest in 47 years. 5th consecutive year of declining sales. 310,000 in 2010. 375,000 in 2009. Article by Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer. 1/26/11

Real estate sales still going down. Grocery prices going up. Gasoline prices up. Total unemployment at 15%-20%. Dollar losing value to other world currencies. US Big Gov printing more money = inflation. Obama Puppet Media continues to put happy face on their reports about US economy. =trj

Tuesday night ". . . President Obama highlighted the urgent need to revitalize our economy, create jobs, build a world-class infrastructure system, and strengthen America's competitiveness in his State of the Union address. America must move swiftly to create millions of jobs, unshackle entrepreneurs and small businesses, and restore America's economic leadership around the globe—or we will be left behind." [Sounds great. Let’s see if his actions match his talk. =trj]

Fact-checking the State of the Union Campaign Stop. Click Here.

The Undocumented One calls for spending freeze and more spending in his State of the Union Campaign Stop. 1/26/11

Truth is Elusive. Financial meltdown of 2008 was avoidable according to Sewell Chan NYT writer on 1/25/11. Blame spread around. “The government commission [Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission] that investigated the financial crisis casts a wide net of blame, faulting two administrations, the Federal Reserve and other regulators for permitting a calamitous concoction: shoddy mortgage lending, the excessive packaging and sale of loans to investors, and risky bets on securities backed by the loans.” … “Portions of the dissents are included in the report, which is being published as a paperback book (with a cover price of $14.99) by PublicAffairs, along with an official version by the Government Printing Office.” Dissent to the final published report to be written by 3 Republicans. Click Here for the article, if it is still available on line.

The short article above did not mention that Democrat policy directives, starting with Carter and then Clinton, forced lenders, under penalty of government sanctions, to make no-money-down loans to millions of people who could not and then did not make their home mortgage payments. Massive numbers of loan defaults were the result. This resulted in a banking economy based on bad paper. Again, it started with Carter and then Clinton. Democrats in Bush 43 administration gave bad advice and Bush 43 did not verify their bailout recommendations. =trj

Paul Gaspard, longtime ACORN operative and hatchet man to take over reins of the Democratic National Committee as executive director in time to begin initial preparations for President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Gaspard currently holds title of White House political affairs director, same title Karl Rove held in Bush 43 administration. Another Leftist spit in your face action by the undocumented one. Click Here to read more.

Lang Lang pays anti-American propaganda song from Korean War era at state dinner for China hosted by the undocumented one. Click Here for more including video.

If You Want to Understand Why Keynesianism Is Wrong and How Government Mistakes Caused the Great Depression, Learn about Austrian Economics. Click Here. And Here.

Explaining Keynesian Economics: A supporter of Keynesian economics believes it is the government's job to smooth out the bumps in business cycles. Intervention would come in the form of government spending and tax breaks in order to stimulate the economy, and government spending cuts and tax hikes in good times, in order to curb inflation.
Source: www.investopedia.com

Why Keynesian economics does not work … from a Conservative perspective. A more broad perspective of government spending. Click Here.

In 1959, the Senate made it ILLEGAL for any future Senate, at the beginning of a new Congress, to force a rules change unless approved by 2/3 of all duly sworn senators. This was specifically enacted to preserve the checks and balances on political power mongers, and prevent a narrow majority from subverting the will of the people while establishing itself as a dictatorial ruling party. Dirty Harry Reid [D-NV] has decided the law does not apply to Marxists like himself. He has decided that only a simple majority, (50 Democrats + Joe Biden), is all it takes to change the rules. Apparently, Harry’s new motto is “if you can’t beat ‘em, cheat ‘em – old school Vegas mobster mentality at its best. 1/25/11

Will Democrats and Republicans be able to play together nicely in the sandbox tonight during the State of the Union Campaign Stop by the Undocumented One.

What birth certificate? Mike Evans spoke with Hawaii Gov Neil Abercrombie. Was told that he searched relevant Hawaii hospitals using his powers as governor, and concluded, according to Evans, "There is no Barack Obama birth certificate in Hawaii, absolutely no proof at all that Obama was born in Hawaii." 1/24/11 [The Western Center for Journalism] So what’s next? Maybe The Undocumented One will deem himself born in Hawaii. =trj

The Abercrombie interviewer above recanted his story. 1/26/11

Sign or Veto. Obama is moving toward the Political Center in his comments and speeches. His entire history of actions [i.e., voting] however, places him on the far left fringe. Let’s see how he “acts” on Republican legislation from the House of Representatives IF Democrats in the Senate vote with Republicans, thus putting legislation on his desk to sign or veto.

For US Taxpayers, “Investments” talk by Democrats means spend, Spend, SPEND US Taxpayer money.

NYT writer, Charles M Blow, selectively misrepresents gun and murder figures to suit his anti-gun agenda. Nothing new. Click Here to see how they do it.

Obama approval ratings improve to 52% according to Rasmussen. Maybe it is because Republicans have temporarily haulted the uncontrolled spending sprees by Democrats Reed, Pelosi and Obama, the Undocumented smooth talker. =trj

@BrettsBenefits on Twitter. Obamacare and the Law of Unintended Consequences. Click Here.

US will need an additional 130,000 doctors 15 years from now to keep up with increased demand for medical care ... WALL STREET JOURNAL

A number of the House GOP's leading conservative members on Thursday announced legislation that would cut $2.5 trillion over 10 years ... DAILY CALLER 1/20/11

Federal government's anti-drilling policies resulting in $3.7 million in lost federal revenue each day ... TEXAS INSIDER 1/24/11

Coal mining provides $26 billion for West Virginia economy annually. Supports 60,000 jobs. Pays $1.2 billion in wages for WV families ... INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY 1/24/11

Pirates captured a record 1,016 hostages in 2010 and currently hold 31 vessels and 713 crew members of various nationalities after hijacking another four ships so far this year, according to IMB report. 1/23/11

Population change. Click Here.

Speculation that the Undocumented One could resign under legal challenges, absence of birth records, and Supreme Court scrutiny. The White Hat Report #8. 1/11/11. Click Here for 2008 Fact Check dated 11/1/08.

NewsBusters at twitter. Ed Schultz Bashes Michele Bachmann for Doing Same Thing Obama Did in 2008. Click Here. 1/22/11

Exodus of business from Illinois begins with latest tax hikes rather than spending cuts. Similar stories heard from California, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. Florida wins. Click Here for the Illinois story from Daniel Mitchell.

$144,000. US Taxpayers in Big Apple forced to pay $144,000 a year for salary, health and pension benefits for garbage workers, who are unskilled but unionized laborers. Click Here to read more: Life's tough for $144,000 garbage collectors

Hu Jintao, Chinese dictator, says that he will try to stop Chinese government agencies from using [i.e., stealing] pirated US software. This appears to be the concession that our Undocumented One received in recent meetings. What a guy. 1/22/11

$0.40 out of every $1.00 the US Government spends is borrowed.

Big US Gov Helps Unions Get Forced Dues. See post here at the right jack dated 1/22/11

Card Check legislation hinders American employers. H.R. 800, the "Employee Free Choice Act," would replace secret ballot elections at workplaces. Unions can do away with secret ballots … a fundamental right in a democracy. Big Labor can unionize companies simply by persuading, cajoling or coercing a majority of workers into signing a card. All employees would have to pay union dues as soon as 50% of employees sign a petition [a "card"] demanding a union. The "card-signing" would not be private, so everybody will know who did not sign the card. Dissenters might be "encouraged" to change their minds. Under The Undocumented One, union intimidation could become the law of the land.

US Big Sugar Daddy Government funds a network of 1,000 advisory panels that consisted of more than 74,000 members last year. They are becoming increasingly expensive. Statistics kept by Big Gov show the cost of running these committees has nearly doubled over past decade. $215M in 2000 with 52,000 members. $386M in 2010. $400+M in 2011. Click Here for the story.

$ $ $
EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE SURVEY: 40,000 actively practicing physicians asked how ObamaCare will affect them.

According to a Physician Foundation 2010 survey 74% of doctors have already planned their medical field exit strategy

40% may drop out of patient care in next 1 to 3 years by retiring, seek a non-health care related job.

60% said health reform will compel them to close or significantly restrict their practices to certain categories of patients

Of these, 93% said they will drop or restrict Medicaid patients, while 87% said they would drop or restrict Medicare patients.

69% will no longer have the time or resources to see additional patients.

10% said reform will improve quality of patient care
56% said reform will diminish quality of care.
$ $ $

Democrat Strategy? Overwhelm the US economy in every way imaginable with centralization, bailouts, loans, credits, rules, regulations, taxes, etc. Increase government jobs. Penalize employers. Destroy private sector jobs. Create unemployment. Create government dependence. Blame Republicans. After two years, begin talking about creating jobs to usher in approaching November 2012 re-election season.

U.S.-Mexico government study estimates that $19 billion to $29 billion is shipped south to Mexico, then laundered through cash purchases of land, luxury hotels, cars and other high-end items. [LA Times] 6/3/10

Common workplace email mistakes. Click Here.

If your dog is fat, you are not getting enough exercise.

Sen. Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader, calls Hu Jintao a 'dictator' but gets a diplomatic pass on his accurate political remark from Obama Puppet Media. Remember Harry, China is holding about 15% of our national debt. Hu might send his sleeper-agent enforcers over to your house to straighten out your thinking.

Disney to stop doing animated fairy tale movies. Why? Biggest reason cited for this change is that girls no longer view princesses and getting married to be the ideal. … “By the time they’re 5 or 6, they’re not interested in being princesses,” said Dafna Lemish, chairman of the Radio and TV Dept. at Southern Illinois University and a self-proclaimed expert in the role of media in children’s lives. “They’re interested in being hot, in being cool. Clearly, they see this is what society values.” [MovieGuide 12/2/10] Click Here to follow the movies.

[Sounds like this professor believes that parents want their daughters to be a bunch of little hotties? –trj]

Garbage in. Garbage out. Media Research Center's own Business and Media Institute released report spotlighting the fact that since President Obama took office, only 16% of health care stories mentioning the CBO included the flaws in their methods. Once again, the liberal media are playing gatekeeper with information--choosing what you should or shouldn't hear about ObamaCare. . . . Speaker John Boehner [R-OH] points out that the "CBO can only provide a score based on the assumptions [that means cost figures] that are given to them", adding "if you go back and look at the health care bill and the assumptions that were given to them, you see all of the double counting that went on." [MRC 1/21/11]

Act 2. Senator Harry Reid [D-NV] wants to block-stop-avoid Obama Health Care repeal vote in Senate. Why? He does not want his jittery Democrat Senators to vote with Republicans in an attempt to save their Senatorial jobs in the November 2012 election.

Double Standard on Budget Cuts. Democrats have started whining over possible budget cuts. They want to know exactly what is being cut be Republicans. However, Democrats had no interest in learning what was in ObamaCare bill and budget when passed. In fact, Nancy Pelosi said on 3/8/10 that the bill had to be passed so they could see what was in it.

Are calls for civility by Democrats just another way to tell Republicans to shut up? In the meantime, Democrats in Congress and in Obama Puppet Media have stepped up their slanderous name calling rants.

Obama Leftwing Puppet Media forgot to report that the AZ shooter had an Obama bumper sticker on his car even though several of his neighbors told them. [What else are they not telling us? The current media cannot be trusted to tell us the truth and tell us everything about Democrats. =trj]

From 2008 to 2010, 1.1 million new migrants who entered USA landed jobs as US household employment declined by 6.26 million over same period. Around 35% said to be illegals and undocumented. 42% under age 30. Click Here to read more: Over a Million Immigrants Landed Jobs in 2008-10 [NewsMax.com] 1/20/11

Republicans expected to receive non-stop Democrat Liberal Progressive heat - mud - slander as they cut spending.

Act 1. US House of Representatives voted 245-149 to repeal ObamCare. Just 3 Democrats voted with Republicans. Harry Reid [D-NV] will try to stop the same vote on ObamaCare in the Senate. Many Democrats who are up for re-election in 2012 do not want to be seen supporting ObamaCare against the will of the people. 1/19/11

Federal district judge ruled it is OK for the U.S. government [i.e., US Taxpayers] to fund commercial enterprises that promote the indoctrination of Islamic law, or Shariah, in the United States. Click Here to read more: Judge OKs 'flag of Islam on American soil'

Gun ban. US ban on guns makes them highly profitable theft targets for criminals. The value of guns rise as they become more difficult to acquire and keep. Of course, we become less safe.

Palin in Liberal cross hairs. Palin gets slammed by Liberals at every opportunity. She catches Liberal mud if she does NOT respond to their libelous charges. Then catches more Liberal grief when she DOES respond. Democrats see here as a massively popular threat to their voting base.

Hawaii Gov Neil Abercrombie [D] suggested in an interview that a long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate for Barack Obama may not exist within the vital records maintained by the Hawaii Department of Health. “They” are declining to be interviewed. 1/1911 [The undocumented one still on thin ice as long as he cannot prove he is a legal citizen. Democrat party machine on the hook for this mess. =trj]

If guns kill then do spoons make me fat? Do pens and computers make me mispell words?

China, top socialist dog in the world right now, is advising The Undocumented Obama on US economic matters while all the time working with Russia and middle east oil nations to replace the US Dollar as the world’s reserve currency and replace it with a basket of currencies including their suspiciously state-regulated Renminbi. 1/18/11 [US Diplomacy: Bow subserviently to China then bend over and hold your ankles? =trj]

Scientists are reporting development and successful lab tests of “killer paper,” a material intended for use as a new food packaging material that helps preserve foods by fighting the bacteria that cause spoilage. The paper, described in ACS’ journal, Langmuir, contains a coating of silver nanoparticles, which are powerful anti-bacterial agents. ACS News Service 1/19/11 [Will we start to glow in the dark? =trj]

"I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes..." Our undocumented president. [Remember, muslims are permitted to lie to non-muslims without guilt or sin.]

Trust GOP. Voters now trust GOP more than Democrats on all 10 of most important issues regularly surveyed by Rasmussen Reports: Economy, National security and War on terror, War in Iraq, War in Afghanistan, Immigration, Government ethics and corruption, Taxes, Health care, Social security, Education. Click Here to Rasmussen read report. 1/18/11

Chinese stealth fighter development speeding up based on technology transfers they acquired during Clinton administration. 1/17/11 [WND]

US House committed to vote on repealing morally odious, fiscally bankrupting and thoroughly unconstitutional ObamaCare legislation as early as this week. Democrats would like us to believe that Republican-led repeal of ObamaCare will hurt seniors and the economically disadvantaged. TRUTH is ObamaCare will KILL seniors and financially wreck our health care system … and the decision makers are finally openly admitting it. [Declaration Alliance PAC]

If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years, grow trees. If you are planning for centuries, grow men. - - - Chinese proverb

Kudzu. Weeds for supper. Click Here for the story.

Test Run? EPA demands door to door home inspections in PA looking for clear water discharges into sewer system. Penalties and fines for failure to comply. [WND 1/16/11]

Obama-Friendly AP poll reports that opposition to Obama health care is declining. 41% oppose. 40% favor. 43% want it changed. Under 20% OK with it as is. 1/16/11 [End it. Do not mend it. Start over. That is the best course of action for US Taxpayers and US economy. =trj]

Top 10 Investigation Targets List: ObamaCare. Stimulus. Freddie and Fannie. Wikileaks. Climate science. ACORN. Oil spill response. Justice Department. Czars. Obama presidential eligibility. [Human Events] Click Here.

Top 10 Political Gaffes Of 2010. Click Here.

Top 10 Examples Of Liberal Hate. Click Here.

Humor. US Army creates new Hurt Feelings Form. [Goggle it. Printed form will not upload. A joke? -trj]

Debt. WASHINGTON – The United States just passed a dubious milestone: Government debt surged to an all-time high, topping $14 trillion — $45,300 for each and everyone in the country. Republicans promise to cut $100 billion from domestic spending this year. [AP 1/15/11]

Staunch global warming believer [a relative] read “Heaven and Earth: Global Warning – the missing science” by Ian Plimer [2009], geologist from Australia. My relative had previously read and heard only tree-huggers global warming side of the story. Turns my relative around 180 degrees. Click Here to read a review from a Global Warming proponent.

Senate Resolution 10. Harry Reid, anti-American Democrat, concocted scheme that violates over two centuries of precedent and rights of minority party by changing basic rules of the Senate with only 51 votes. Ignores all existing rules and precedents. Pushing ahead with his radical agenda as if he had done nothing wrong. 1/16/10

Chevie Volt wins car of the year award.

[TRJ above award is very suspicious of coordinated Big Gov-Media marketing. Is Volt green when you figure in high manufacturing costs, frequent battery charging costs from your home plus cost of home charging station, even with $7,500 Big Gov US taxpayer rebate? Is total carbon cost of electricity lower, same or higher than gasoline when using house current since 50% of our electricity comes from coal. Break even point comes in 9 to 14 years. Does not reflect higher energy costs. -trj]

Please report suspicious activity at Wal-Mart to Janet Napolitano at DHS.
Click Here.

Obama Puppet Media ignores facts. Still putting a smiley face on Obama economy.
• Unemployment claims highest since October 2010
• Housing starts lowest since April 2009
• Home foreclosures topped 1 million in 2010 for first time, predicted to jump 20% in 2011
• Gasoline at pump could go to $5 per gallon by 2011
• Grocery prices continuing to rise
• Dollar losing position as global reserve currency
• Printing more money by US Treasury is inflationary

Propaganda? "Inside Job" has made Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' short list for Best Documentary Feature. Hollywood insider favorite to win the Oscar. Conservative critics say Inside Job, which blames Wall Street, deregulation and the Bush administration for the financial crisis, is political propaganda masquerading as serious documentary. [WND] NAZI era film maker propagandist was [Ms] Leni Riefenstahl. Click Here to read more about Oscar nod 'Inside Job' pro-Obama propaganda.

Really? January 1-15, 2011



Highlights of the Month:

1/1/11 Happy New Year.

Obama Death Care Panels [that do not exist] run by bureaucrat decision makers went into effect 1/1/11.

111th Democrat Congress has created more US debt the past two years than all other US Congresses combined. Democrats have spent more than can be sustained without seizing the assets of US Taxpayers, voters, rich and poor.

De-Throned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated in unambiguous terms that "Debt Reduction" has been primary objective of Democrats. 1/6/10

Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States." [You are asked to send this to your friends and relatives for mass distribution to Congress.]

Religion of Peace website reports that for 2010, there were 1,987 jihad attacks in 46 nations resulting in 9,175 deaths and 17,436 injured. [WND]

$5.00 per gallon gas coming by 2012, if not sooner.

Go to "Educational Awareness" to read about what is going on in our schools and colleges.

And now on to the regular posts

Dilemma for the right jack. Political news on the right and left has been keeping my daily capsule reports flowing like the billions of dollars in Big Dem Government spending. Starting today, the 16th, I am separating the Really? Monthly News Capsules into two sections – 1st thought the 15th and then the 16th through the end of the month.

Michelle Bachman [R-MN] latest target for Democrat strategy based on the politics of personal destruction. Republican women and African Americans not exempt from Democrat attacks.

Summer of discontent? Predictions. We are in for civic unrest, revolts and riots planned by Liberal Progressives Left Wing Democrats staged by bussed-in radicals, students and unions over wage cuts, wage freezes, spending cuts and tuition hikes like those that have been staged in Europe over the past 10 years or more. US economic collapse be damned. Republicans to be blamed, naturally.

Neil Boortz provides numerous examples where crime has gone down when citizens carry guns. Boortz.com. 1/14/11 [Radical Liberal Progressive Left Wing Democrats will not like this. Obama Puppet Media not likely to report it. -trj]

Jacob Volkmann, UFS fighter, placed on administrative leave as 3-year part time wrestling coach at White Bear Lake High School [MN] after he insulted President Obama’s intelligence and challenged the commander in chief to a fight. “They didn’t like how I was representing the school,” he said. “They said I was representing them bad because of what I said about the president and his policies.” [The Western Center for Journalism]

Richard Steele steps down in running for head of RNC. To show their allegiance to diversity, Democrats should begin to cry racism by Republicans. Republican history of diversity far surpasses Democrats. 1/14/11

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Facts: young American adults aged 18-29 who have only a high school degree:
• 40% of all these young adults do not have a job
• 43% of the Hispanic-American young adults do not have a job
• 50% of Black Americans of this group do not have a job

• 60% of all American high school dropouts and
• 60% of Hispanic-American dropouts do not have a job
• 75% of Black Americans dropouts do not have a job [Numbers USA]
• Democrat initiatives to open US borders to mass immigration continues with great conviction.
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Gov extravagance? Federal Employees’ Compensation Act [FECA], which Big Gov launched in 1916, covers lost wages for federal employees who suffer on-the-job injuries. Many federal workers stay on this program well into retirement. Federal workers on disability can get nearly 75% of their salary tax-free for the rest of their life if they have one dependent, with annual cost of living adjustments. Click Here to read more.

Big Gov Golden Pension Plans to receive close scrutiny by Republicans.

Ever wonder how documented US citizens who are elected to Congress soon become millionaires on their Big Government salaries.

Raising the US debt ceiling and printing billion of dollars by the US Treasury means inflation at best and monetary collapse at worst ... when the US Dollar is no longer the world’s reserve currency. The latter is happening right now. Obama Puppet Media covering this up at our expense.

U.S. homes receiving foreclosure filing will climb about 20% in 2011, reaching a peak for housing crisis, as unemployment remains high and banks resume seizures after a slowdown. [RealtyTrac Inc.]

Home values have fallen 26% since their peak in June 2006, worse than the 25.9% decline seen during Depression years between 1928 and 1933, November marked 53rd consecutive month (4½ years) that home values have fallen. [Katie Curnutte, Zillow PR Manager, January 11, 2011] Obama puppets in the media continues to deceive the US Taxpayers and put a positive spin on this failing economy.

Caution: Will the US Dollar collapse under devaluation by US Treasury and continue to lose status as the world’s reserve currency. Pattern from 1937 being repeated. Precious metals like gold and silver and non-dollar currency baskets may lead the way for saving the day for you personally. Click here. Listen to 20+ minute history lesson.

Taxes. Illinois to raise state taxes rather than cut spending. $15B deficit coming. Personal income taxes up from 3% to 5%. Corporate rates up from 4.8% to 7% when Dem Gov Pat Quinn signs the bill. Surrounding states eager to accept Illinois businesses, jobs, residents. "It's like living next door to The Simpsons - the dysfunctional family down the block," Indiana Gov Mitch Daniels said in interview on Chicago's WLS-AM.

Lesson not learned: NJ raised luxury boat taxes in NJ. Companies in that industry left NJ taking tax revenue and jobs with them.

The problem with socialism is that sooner or later "you run out of other people's money." - - - Margaret Thatcher, former UK PM

Gun law. Montana, which came up with the idea that the guns made, sold and kept inside its borders simply are exempt from federal regulations and made that its law, is considering a new [jurisdictional] weapon that could be used to cancel much of the authority of federal agents over its residents. 1/12/11 [WND]

Dems still using AZ shooting to stir up political support for gun control. Since the shooter was a “left wing nut,” perhaps we should restrict “their” use of guns.

AZ shooter called a "left wing pothead" by friend. Parents perplexed. Shooter escapes blame. Obama bumper sticker on his car. Liberal and Progressive Leftists trying to analyze him while still blaming this shooting on All Things Conservative.

Cross Hairs Clarification: The target symbol on the Palin political map that was decried by the left is actually an official US Big Gov map surveyor symbol used to designate important places. It does not signify a target. By contrast, Democrats have actually used bullseyes in their online maps. See Sarah Palin’s map at boortz.com. 1/10/11

Democrat spin is in full force seeking to destroy all opposition. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This could not be seen more clearly than with the Democrat Congress from 2007 and the current Democrat administration from 2009 to the present. -trj

My petition to end ObamaCare: Repeal it. End it. Don't mend it. It is unfortunate that so many people in America, [citizens, tax payers and illegals] do not have predictable insurance coverage but US taxpayers cannot cover them all without killing the Golden Goose. ... the right jack [NewsMax.com]

That did not take long. Left wing ideological kooks like Paul Krugman, Keith Olberman and Jane Fonda instantly blame Tea Party, Sarah Palen and talk radio for Arizona shooting. Giffords did not vote for Pelosi for Speaker. Giffords may be more Conservative than some RINOs.

Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin tells CNN's "State of the Union" that "toxic rhetoric" can lead unstable individuals to believe violence is an acceptable response. [AP]

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., is warning against blaming political groups for the attack. [AP]

Leftist. Arizona shooter showed leftist preferences in his droppings including Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf by Hitler. NAZI = National Socialist Party.

Flash: Gabrielle Giffords [AZ - D, 8th Dist] shot at public event at grocery store in Tucson, Pima County. Reports differ on whether people who were shot were wounded or killed. Shooter captured, a 22 year old goth. Giffords was elected to the US House in 2006. 1/8/11

Democrats continue to legislate against the wishes of a majority of the US electorate.

Obama Death Care Panels [that do not exist] run by bureaucrat decision makers went into effect 1/1/11.

Over 50% of union member are government workers of one kind or another. [Radio tidbit]

Somali islamists ban men and women from shaking hands. Is this the kind of religious and political tolerance that Democrat women want to recognize and legalize in the USA? Want to compare that to our past “back of the bus” policies? Both disgraceful and dehumanizing. 1/7/10

House of Rep GOP assault on ObamaCare to begin Wednesday 1/12/11. Gonna make Dems vote up or down on keep it or end it legislation. Once defeated, new improved health care legislation to follow.

Passports. Parent 1 and Parent 2. The words “mother” and “father” will be removed from U.S. passport applications. Replaced with gender neutral terminology, the State Department says.

Filibuster Rule. Harry Reid is launching colossal power grab that will make it impossible for GOP to filibuster cases like liberal Supreme Court nominations. Reid is pushing to change the filibuster rules this week to a simple majority of 51 instead of the original 2/3s. This rule change would also make it easier for Dems to ram legislation through the Senate. [AmeriPAC]

Amidst escalating violence, BAFTE (the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) is forcing citizens in the Border States to register their firearms! The new proposed federal gun policy will require sellers to notify the bureau when a person buys two or more semi-automatic guns that are .22 caliber or greater within five business days. Final decision is up to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA.) OIRA is headed by Cass Sunstein, Obama's regulatory Czar and close buddy. [CCRKBA]

Religion of Peace website reports that for 2010, there were 1,987 jihad attacks in 46 nations resulting in 9,175 deaths and 17,436 injured. [WND]

Exploding Democrat Debt. From the time George Washington took the oath of office to the time Barack Obama did, Washington borrowed $9 trillion. Since Obama took office, two years ago, we have borrowed almost $5 trillion more!
• Domestic discretionary spending (non-defense) has risen by an astonishing 41% in two years!
• Welfare spending, primarily Medicaid, has gone up by 54% in two years!
We must roll back these increases. It is not increases in Social Security at 14% or Medicare at 16% that are the problem. [1/7/11 DickMorris.com]

Justice Elena Kagan to face impeachment hearings for altering evidence in a testimonial letter. Clearly defrauded the Supreme Court when she worked for the Clinton White House. Fax or email your support to your members of Congress. [Life and Liberty PAC]


Learning to read and then reading to learn. 4th grade is a marker.

33% of 4th graders in America are functionally illiterate, according to 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress

The truth is "hate speech" only to those who have something to hide [Michael Rivero]

Republicans in US House of Representatives read US Constitution at opening session of 112th Congress. Democrat comments included disdain for and irrelevancy of the Constitution they swore to uphold.

Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States." [You are asked to send this to your friends and relatives for mass distribution to Congress.]

Unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, increased to 9.6% at the end of December - up from 9.3% in mid-December and 8.8% at the end of November. Broader U.S. underemployment worsened to 19.0% in December - up sharply from 17.2% at the end of November. [Gallup 1/6/11]

Obama is now focusing on eliminating our 2nd amendments rights.

$292. Average salary of stagehands in NYC is $292,000 annually.

In my early teaching days, San Francisco sanitation workers made 4-6 times my teaching salary.

Financial experts, who in the past were non-partisan, continue to make dire predictions about a failing US economy in 2011 or 2012.

GM in trouble? Financial expert says that GM is selling a lot of program cars to rental companies and the like. Why? Their sales to the general public is not where it needs to be. Obama media reports that GM is doing well. Experts do not agree.

Unplug appliances. Your washer, dryer, curling iron, computer and printer draw electricity even when not in use. Unplug them. Save 10% to 20% a month on your electric bill.

Bipartisan Bumper Sticker: I will hug your elephant if you will kiss my ass.

Bipartisanship. When Democrats are in power it means that Republicans must agree with them. When Republicans are in power, Democrats demand their input on all matters.

Whining. Listen now for all of the Democrat whining about the need for bipartisanship. When Democrats were in power over the past two year, Republicans were excluded from nearly all deliberations.

Inflation. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said at last year’s shareholders meeting of his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. that “the prospects for significant inflation have increased.”

Still no mention of The Unions by NY Gov in connection with the massive snow clean up “slow down disaster” in NYC. Should public sector unions be dissolved for the good of the people? Finally mentioned on page A10 of NYT on 1/5/11

Cancun Summit. One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy.” In fact, it has “almost nothing to do with the environmental policy.” Its real purpose “is redistributing the world's wealth and natural resources.” [CFACT]

Obama, undocumented president. At least 5 men are imprisoned in Ft. Leavenworth, KS for allegedly following illegal orders issued in the Iraq/Afghanistan conflict. Now LTC Terry Lakin is incarcerated at this same military prison for REFUSING to follow illegal orders! [Proof Positive]

ObamaCare has imposed new taxes on drug makers, restrictions on tax-free medical spending and caused colossal rate hikes on healthcare insurance premiums! [American Political Action Committee, AmeriPac.]

Obama Health Care:
• They claimed rates would go down... True or False
• They claimed all children would be covered... True or False
• They claimed you could keep your current plan... True or False
• They claimed you would see no increase in your taxes... True or False
• True. This is what Democrat claimed and still claim. All answers are False. Democrats Lied. [AmeriPAC]

US population at 309 million. Have not seen if that figure includes the people who are not to be called “illegal aliens.”

Pilgrims. Should we now call our illegal aliens pilgrims. Gives that word expanded meanings in the 21st Century where Democrats want our sovereign borders to disappear. Will Cuba let the world's pilgrims settle there. Canada? Venezuela? North Korea? Iran? Saudi Arabia? Palestine? No pilgrim in their right mind wants to go to Mexico without an army for support.

Obama losing support from white male Democrats. Strong approval down from 70% to just 33%. [Rasmussen] Racist Democrats, no doubt. -trj

111th Democrat Congress has created more US debt the past two years than all other US Congresses combined. Democrats have spent more than can be sustained without seizing the assets of US Taxpayers, voters, rich and poor.

32. Barack Obama, undocumented President, has played golf 32 times since he took office, 8 more than his predecessor George W. Bush did in his entire presidency. Bush 43 was mocked by the Left for his fondness for the game. In giving up golf, Bush said “… I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal." [Western Center for Journalism]

Some economic forecasters and news organizations are painting a more rosy picture in 2011 for jobs and the economy. Others believe a disastrous economic collapse is possible if US spending policies, very similar to what is going on in many states and nations, does not change, and change right away.

When government confiscates your income via taxes, your jobs, your guns, your savings, your pensions, what do you have? Answer: The Golden Rule! Them with the gold makes the rules. That is just like the old USSR, China, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and on and on.

Jobs lost. 8,000 to 12,000 oil jobs expected to be lost with Gulf oil moratorium. Experts predict even higher job loss figures. [Malkin] No jobs saved here.

Misquotes. Obama [the one with undocumented US birth] was sent a letter by members of US House of Representatives correcting numerous omissions and factual errors he has knowingly made while representing USA and the US Constitution here and abroad. Click here to see the letter. [Patriot Action Network] 12/6/10

Print media strategy. Readers cannot rely on media headlines to tell the true story. Why? Headlines positive for Obama. Then the story often shows negative effects of Obama policies. Read the entire story.

IRS. 50 million taxpayers who itemize their deductions asked to hold off until mid to late February before they file. IRS needs to reprogram due to late action on tax code by Congress. About 9 million of 140 million U.S. tax filers filed in January or February last year.

1/1/11 Happy New Year. Watch all of the bowl games responsibly.

Watch for latest fake news stories again this year about increased incidences of spouse abuse because of football.

US economic problems, spreading like a cancer after Democrats took over Congress in 2007, predicted to be disastrous for all Americans by the end of 2011. IF that occurs, watch Democrats and the Big Time Dying US Media blame all Republicans and the Republican House of Representatives in particular.

Cities losing residents: New Orleans. Flint MI. Cleveland OH. Buffalo NY. Dayton OH. Pittsburgh PA. Rochester NY. 1/1/10

Gasoline prices at the pump predicted to go up to $4/gallon and then finish the year at $5/gallon.

Remember: Bush 43 was hosed by the media when gasoline prices dropped. He was accused of unsubstantiated backroom deals with Middle East oil producers.

Look at the list of 61 Lame Ducks in Congress who almost succeeded in passing an amnesty bill. Think how much safer American workers will be next year because these 61 are not returning. [NumbersUSA]

US businesses pay the highest corporate taxes. Democrats refuse to allow US corporations to bring their profits back to the USA without huge tax penalties. So US companies are investing their profits overseas by building manufacturing plants and hiring "their" local labor. Then Democrats whine about US companies shipping jobs overseas.

Incorporate in Nevada is a prevalent internet e-blast. If unions can save Harry Reed from political extinction, imagine what the unions can do for your new Nevada business.

Top Political Strategy. Since the 1950s, Democrats and their media have found it quite easy to employ the Politics of Personal Destruction against any Republican who surfaces as a potential political threat.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Curly CFL bulbs


Check out “curly” CFL bulbs before you buy.

Attached is a picture of a CFL light bulb from my bathroom. I turned it on the other day and then smelled smoke after a few minutes. Four inch flames were spewing out of the side of the ballast like a blow torch! I immediately turned off the lights. But I'm sure it would have caused a fire if I was not right there. Imagine if the kids had left the lights on as usual when they were not in the room.

I took the bulb to the Fire Department to report the incident. The Fireman wasn't at all surprised and said that it was not an uncommon occurrence. Apparently, sometimes when the bulb burns out there is a chance that the ballast can start a fire. He told me that the Fire Marshall had issued reports about the dangers of these bulbs.

Upon doing some Internet research, it seems that bulbs made by “Globe” in China seem to have the lion’s share of problems. Lots of fires have been blamed on misuse of CFL bulbs, like using them in recessed lighting, pot lights, dimmers or in track lighting. Mine was installed in a normal light socket.

I bought these at Wal-Mart. I will be removing all the Globe bulbs from my house. CFL bulbs are a great energy saver but make sure you buy a name brand like Sylvania, Phillips or GE and not the ones from China.

Note from trj: This story was emailed to "trj" and the original source is undocumented, exactly like our president. My experience with CFLs is that they seem to "burn out" sooner than advertised. Those I have purchased came from big box home building suppliers. But remember, GE is a huge benefactor of current Democrat policies.