Obama Clock
Are you one of the 58 millions in the crowd waiting for Election Year 2012? Well here is the official time piece that will keep you up-to-date, to the second, when Election 2012 starts. God helps us all over the next four years.
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U.S. National Debt
THE DEFECTORS
We keep talking about “moderates” Republicans. I am tired of moderates. Beside tell me what is moderate about Collins, Snowe and Spector? They are unabashed liberals in every respect. Replace them as soon as possible. So what if a democrat wins? You say, “Oh, what about the 60 votes in the Senate?” What about it? You think these three would go with the other Republicans? You’re dreaming!!!!
Re-election Time Scale:
Spector's 2010; Snowe 2012; Collins 2014. I say replace them all! Even if it means a democrat wins!
Re-election Time Scale:
Spector's 2010; Snowe 2012; Collins 2014. I say replace them all! Even if it means a democrat wins!
Advanced Medicine
An Israeli doctor said to a medical conference, "Medicine in my country is so advanced, we can take a kidney out of one person, put it into another and have him looking for work in six weeks!"
The German doctor stood up and said, "well medicine in my county is so advanced, we can take a lung out of one person and put it into another and have him looking for work on 4 weeks."
The Russian doctor got up and said "My country is even more advanced, we can remove half a heart from one person, put it into another and have them both looking for work in just 2 weeks!"
Not to be outdone, the American doctor stood up and addressed the conference, "Well" he said "My country is so far advanced in medicine, we can take an Asshole out of Chicago, put him in the White House, and have half the country looking for work in 24 hours!"
The German doctor stood up and said, "well medicine in my county is so advanced, we can take a lung out of one person and put it into another and have him looking for work on 4 weeks."
The Russian doctor got up and said "My country is even more advanced, we can remove half a heart from one person, put it into another and have them both looking for work in just 2 weeks!"
Not to be outdone, the American doctor stood up and addressed the conference, "Well" he said "My country is so far advanced in medicine, we can take an Asshole out of Chicago, put him in the White House, and have half the country looking for work in 24 hours!"
Atlas Shrugged - From Fact to Fiction in 52 Years
Some years ago when I worked at the libertarian Cato Institute, we used to label any new hire who had not yet read "Atlas Shrugged" a "virgin." Being conversant in Ayn Rand's classic novel about the economic carnage caused by big government run amok was practically a job requirement. If only "Atlas" were required reading for every member of Congress and political appointee in the Obama administration. I'm confident that we'd get out of the current financial mess a lot faster.
Many of us who know Rand's work have noticed that with each passing week, and with each successive bailout plan and economic-stimulus scheme out of Washington, our current politicians are committing the very acts of economic lunacy that "Atlas Shrugged" parodied in 1957, when this 1,000-page novel was first published and became an instant hit.
Rand, who had come to America from Soviet Russia with striking insights into totalitarianism and the destructiveness of socialism, was already a celebrity. The left, naturally, hated her. But as recently as 1991, a survey by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club found that readers rated "Atlas" as the second-most influential book in their lives, behind only the Bible.
For the uninitiated, the moral of the story is simply this: Politicians invariably respond to crises -- that in most cases they themselves created -- by spawning new government programs, laws and regulations. These, in turn, generate more havoc and poverty, which inspires the politicians to create more programs . . . and the downward spiral repeats itself until the productive sectors of the economy collapse under the collective weight of taxes and other burdens imposed in the name of fairness, equality and do-goodism.
In the book, these relentless wealth redistributionists and their programs are disparaged as "the looters and their laws." Every new act of government futility and stupidity carries with it a benevolent-sounding title. These include the "Anti-Greed Act" to redistribute income (sounds like Charlie Rangel's promises soak-the-rich tax bill) and the "Equalization of Opportunity Act" to prevent people from starting more than one business (to give other people a chance). My personal favorite, the "Anti Dog-Eat-Dog Act," aims to restrict cut-throat competition between firms and thus slow the wave of business bankruptcies. Why didn't Hank Paulson think of that?
These acts and edicts sound farcical, yes, but no more so than the actual events in Washington, circa 2008. We already have been served up the $700 billion "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act" and the "Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act." Now that Barack Obama is in town, he will soon sign into law with great urgency the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan." This latest Hail Mary pass will increase the federal budget (which has already expanded by $1.5 trillion in eight years under George Bush) by an additional $1 trillion -- in roughly his first 100 days in office.
The current economic strategy is right out of "Atlas Shrugged": The more incompetent you are in business, the more handouts the politicians will bestow on you. That's the justification for the $2 trillion of subsidies doled out already to keep afloat distressed insurance companies, banks, Wall Street investment houses, and auto companies -- while standing next in line for their share of the booty are real-estate developers, the steel industry, chemical companies, airlines, ethanol producers, construction firms and even catfish farmers. With each successive bailout to "calm the markets," another trillion of national wealth is subsequently lost. Yet, as "Atlas" grimly foretold, we now treat the incompetent who wreck their companies as victims, while those resourceful business owners who manage to make a profit are portrayed as recipients of illegitimate "windfalls."
When Rand was writing in the 1950s, one of the pillars of American industrial might was the railroads. In her novel the railroad owner, Dagny Taggart, an enterprising industrialist, has a FedEx-like vision for expansion and first-rate service by rail. But she is continuously badgered, cajoled, taxed, ruled and regulated -- always in the public interest -- into bankruptcy. Sound far-fetched? On the day I sat down to write this ode to "Atlas," a Wall Street Journal headline blared: "Rail Shippers Ask Congress to Regulate Freight Prices."
In one chapter of the book, an entrepreneur invents a new miracle metal -- stronger but lighter than steel. The government immediately appropriates the invention in "the public good." The politicians demand that the metal inventor come to Washington and sign over ownership of his invention or lose everything.
The scene is eerily similar to an event late last year when six bank presidents were summoned by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson to Washington, and then shuttled into a conference room and told, in effect, that they could not leave until they collectively signed a document handing over percentages of their future profits to the government. The Treasury folks insisted that this shakedown, too, was all in "the public interest."
Ultimately, "Atlas Shrugged" is a celebration of the entrepreneur, the risk taker and the cultivator of wealth through human intellect. Critics dismissed the novel as simple-minded, and even some of Rand's political admirers complained that she lacked compassion. Yet one pertinent warning resounds throughout the book: When profits and wealth and creativity are denigrated in society, they start to disappear -- leaving everyone the poorer.
One memorable moment in "Atlas" occurs near the very end, when the economy has been rendered comatose by all the great economic minds in Washington. Finally, and out of desperation, the politicians come to the heroic businessman John Galt (who has resisted their assault on capitalism) and beg him to help them get the economy back on track. The discussion sounds much like what would happen today:
Galt: "You want me to be Economic Dictator?"
Mr. Thompson: "Yes!""
And you'll obey any order I give?""Implicitly!"
"Then start by abolishing all income taxes."
"Oh no!" screamed Mr. Thompson, leaping to his feet. "We couldn't do that . . . How would we pay government employees?"
"Fire your government employees."
"Oh, no!"
Abolishing the income tax. Now that really would be a genuine economic stimulus. But Mr. Obama and the Democrats in Washington want to do the opposite: to raise the income tax "for purposes of fairness" as Barack Obama puts it.
David Kelley, the president of the Atlas Society, which is dedicated to promoting Rand's ideas, explains that "the older the book gets, the more timely its message." He tells me that there are plans to make "Atlas Shrugged" into a major motion picture -- it is the only classic novel of recent decades that was never made into a movie. "We don't need to make a movie out of the book," Mr. Kelley jokes. "We are living it right now."
Many of us who know Rand's work have noticed that with each passing week, and with each successive bailout plan and economic-stimulus scheme out of Washington, our current politicians are committing the very acts of economic lunacy that "Atlas Shrugged" parodied in 1957, when this 1,000-page novel was first published and became an instant hit.
Rand, who had come to America from Soviet Russia with striking insights into totalitarianism and the destructiveness of socialism, was already a celebrity. The left, naturally, hated her. But as recently as 1991, a survey by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club found that readers rated "Atlas" as the second-most influential book in their lives, behind only the Bible.
For the uninitiated, the moral of the story is simply this: Politicians invariably respond to crises -- that in most cases they themselves created -- by spawning new government programs, laws and regulations. These, in turn, generate more havoc and poverty, which inspires the politicians to create more programs . . . and the downward spiral repeats itself until the productive sectors of the economy collapse under the collective weight of taxes and other burdens imposed in the name of fairness, equality and do-goodism.
In the book, these relentless wealth redistributionists and their programs are disparaged as "the looters and their laws." Every new act of government futility and stupidity carries with it a benevolent-sounding title. These include the "Anti-Greed Act" to redistribute income (sounds like Charlie Rangel's promises soak-the-rich tax bill) and the "Equalization of Opportunity Act" to prevent people from starting more than one business (to give other people a chance). My personal favorite, the "Anti Dog-Eat-Dog Act," aims to restrict cut-throat competition between firms and thus slow the wave of business bankruptcies. Why didn't Hank Paulson think of that?
These acts and edicts sound farcical, yes, but no more so than the actual events in Washington, circa 2008. We already have been served up the $700 billion "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act" and the "Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act." Now that Barack Obama is in town, he will soon sign into law with great urgency the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan." This latest Hail Mary pass will increase the federal budget (which has already expanded by $1.5 trillion in eight years under George Bush) by an additional $1 trillion -- in roughly his first 100 days in office.
The current economic strategy is right out of "Atlas Shrugged": The more incompetent you are in business, the more handouts the politicians will bestow on you. That's the justification for the $2 trillion of subsidies doled out already to keep afloat distressed insurance companies, banks, Wall Street investment houses, and auto companies -- while standing next in line for their share of the booty are real-estate developers, the steel industry, chemical companies, airlines, ethanol producers, construction firms and even catfish farmers. With each successive bailout to "calm the markets," another trillion of national wealth is subsequently lost. Yet, as "Atlas" grimly foretold, we now treat the incompetent who wreck their companies as victims, while those resourceful business owners who manage to make a profit are portrayed as recipients of illegitimate "windfalls."
When Rand was writing in the 1950s, one of the pillars of American industrial might was the railroads. In her novel the railroad owner, Dagny Taggart, an enterprising industrialist, has a FedEx-like vision for expansion and first-rate service by rail. But she is continuously badgered, cajoled, taxed, ruled and regulated -- always in the public interest -- into bankruptcy. Sound far-fetched? On the day I sat down to write this ode to "Atlas," a Wall Street Journal headline blared: "Rail Shippers Ask Congress to Regulate Freight Prices."
In one chapter of the book, an entrepreneur invents a new miracle metal -- stronger but lighter than steel. The government immediately appropriates the invention in "the public good." The politicians demand that the metal inventor come to Washington and sign over ownership of his invention or lose everything.
The scene is eerily similar to an event late last year when six bank presidents were summoned by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson to Washington, and then shuttled into a conference room and told, in effect, that they could not leave until they collectively signed a document handing over percentages of their future profits to the government. The Treasury folks insisted that this shakedown, too, was all in "the public interest."
Ultimately, "Atlas Shrugged" is a celebration of the entrepreneur, the risk taker and the cultivator of wealth through human intellect. Critics dismissed the novel as simple-minded, and even some of Rand's political admirers complained that she lacked compassion. Yet one pertinent warning resounds throughout the book: When profits and wealth and creativity are denigrated in society, they start to disappear -- leaving everyone the poorer.
One memorable moment in "Atlas" occurs near the very end, when the economy has been rendered comatose by all the great economic minds in Washington. Finally, and out of desperation, the politicians come to the heroic businessman John Galt (who has resisted their assault on capitalism) and beg him to help them get the economy back on track. The discussion sounds much like what would happen today:
Galt: "You want me to be Economic Dictator?"
Mr. Thompson: "Yes!""
And you'll obey any order I give?""Implicitly!"
"Then start by abolishing all income taxes."
"Oh no!" screamed Mr. Thompson, leaping to his feet. "We couldn't do that . . . How would we pay government employees?"
"Fire your government employees."
"Oh, no!"
Abolishing the income tax. Now that really would be a genuine economic stimulus. But Mr. Obama and the Democrats in Washington want to do the opposite: to raise the income tax "for purposes of fairness" as Barack Obama puts it.
David Kelley, the president of the Atlas Society, which is dedicated to promoting Rand's ideas, explains that "the older the book gets, the more timely its message." He tells me that there are plans to make "Atlas Shrugged" into a major motion picture -- it is the only classic novel of recent decades that was never made into a movie. "We don't need to make a movie out of the book," Mr. Kelley jokes. "We are living it right now."
A FEW POST INAUGURAL OBSERVATIONS
Hey guys, I wanted to share my experience (No, don't say, "Oh No") that I encountered on this historical day, the swearing in of our new President (feel free to start swearing yourself any time).
Well, first, I couldn't help but notice the impassioned speech given by the civil rights icon Rev. Joseph Lowery, and a smile was brought to my face, at least I think it was a smile and not indigestion, when he spoke these words "....help us work for that day when black will not be asked to give back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man, and when white will embrace what is right." That was soooo beautiful. I can't wait to embrace what is right. Really, I can't.
And the quirky MSNBC anchoring crew showing delight on their faces when the crowd was singing their good-bye to George W. Bush. It was a catchy tune little tune: Nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah nah, hey hey, hey, goodbye. And they sang it over and over and over again. I remember singing that silly little song in high school. Gosh the memories. You know, when you were beating the other team real bad and you wanted to disrespect them. That was always fun to do. Gosh, I was so overwhelmed with feelings that the crowd showed this type of warmth and empathy. I never knew that this was the party of kindness, compassion, and understanding. This warm farewell to President Bush really showed the democrat party true colors in front of the whole world and our enemies to see. Really brings a tear to my eye.
Oh Yeah, I also found this funny picture of Rahm Emanuel. What a card.
Can you believe this comedian. He is giving the five-finger salute to someone. The man is funny. Maybe it was to President George W. Bush. Him and his Rahm Foolery, I mean Tom Foolery is just so funny for a distinguished representative of the US to be doing. This guy is probably a real funny guy who plays practical jokes, like, oh I don't know, like sending decomposing fish in the mail - oh the hilarity.
And when Obama got up to speak, can this man talk. It seemed like he spoke forever. Much of it I didn't really understand, silly me, but that's ok. I'm sure that I will be asked to do my patriotic duty, cuz I know it is my honor and duty to pay higher taxes. And could it be an omen of things to come when Obama spoke his first untruth that "Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath." The fact is only forty-three Americans have taken the Presidential oath of office. Some have taken it more than once like George W and Slick Willy-just like Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. President Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms, he remains only one person, one American, not two. Perhaps this represents the first crack in Obama's Super-human armor, the first clue that he's really not as smart or as knowledgeable as so many would like to believe. If that's the case, that's fine. It just proves the he, like the rest of us mere mortals who don't have to worry about kryptonite, is prone to making mistakes. It also tells us that he's not a very good fact checker, that he may not be sufficiently detail-oriented-something we should all be at least a little concerned about.
But all in all, the inauguration was a stunning performance that out performed any Hollywood Gala Event and at a whopping $170 Million dollars. Wow! And during such difficult financial times. I wonder where they got all this money. Ah who cares, Right? What the heck, the DOW only dipped (-332.13) the lowest on any Inaugural Day, but I am confident that with Barack at the helm running this country (into a ditch...oops) and the support of Pelosi and Reid, this minor dip will be recovered by the infusion of another $875 Trillion dollar bailout. I am so glad that these financial wizards will truly help with our troubling economy.
But enough of all this chit-chat. Now is a time for healing. And I hope that those that have suffered these past 8 difficult years under the guise of Bush Derangement Syndrome can move onto recovery. But my fear is that it may never go away. To explain away so many questions that would otherwise cause awkward self-doubts may be difficult for some, but let us hope that many of our brethren will soon be healed. We want to help with understanding and careful treatment that any and all Obama failures wont be written off as an after-effect of the living hell we American endured under George W. Bush. Gosh No.
Now that President Bush is out of office, the Bush love fest is over and the people of America will discover the wisdom of the old saying, "Be careful what you wish for."
God Bless America - Please!
Well, first, I couldn't help but notice the impassioned speech given by the civil rights icon Rev. Joseph Lowery, and a smile was brought to my face, at least I think it was a smile and not indigestion, when he spoke these words "....help us work for that day when black will not be asked to give back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man, and when white will embrace what is right." That was soooo beautiful. I can't wait to embrace what is right. Really, I can't.
And the quirky MSNBC anchoring crew showing delight on their faces when the crowd was singing their good-bye to George W. Bush. It was a catchy tune little tune: Nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah nah, hey hey, hey, goodbye. And they sang it over and over and over again. I remember singing that silly little song in high school. Gosh the memories. You know, when you were beating the other team real bad and you wanted to disrespect them. That was always fun to do. Gosh, I was so overwhelmed with feelings that the crowd showed this type of warmth and empathy. I never knew that this was the party of kindness, compassion, and understanding. This warm farewell to President Bush really showed the democrat party true colors in front of the whole world and our enemies to see. Really brings a tear to my eye.
Oh Yeah, I also found this funny picture of Rahm Emanuel. What a card.
Can you believe this comedian. He is giving the five-finger salute to someone. The man is funny. Maybe it was to President George W. Bush. Him and his Rahm Foolery, I mean Tom Foolery is just so funny for a distinguished representative of the US to be doing. This guy is probably a real funny guy who plays practical jokes, like, oh I don't know, like sending decomposing fish in the mail - oh the hilarity.
And when Obama got up to speak, can this man talk. It seemed like he spoke forever. Much of it I didn't really understand, silly me, but that's ok. I'm sure that I will be asked to do my patriotic duty, cuz I know it is my honor and duty to pay higher taxes. And could it be an omen of things to come when Obama spoke his first untruth that "Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath." The fact is only forty-three Americans have taken the Presidential oath of office. Some have taken it more than once like George W and Slick Willy-just like Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. President Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms, he remains only one person, one American, not two. Perhaps this represents the first crack in Obama's Super-human armor, the first clue that he's really not as smart or as knowledgeable as so many would like to believe. If that's the case, that's fine. It just proves the he, like the rest of us mere mortals who don't have to worry about kryptonite, is prone to making mistakes. It also tells us that he's not a very good fact checker, that he may not be sufficiently detail-oriented-something we should all be at least a little concerned about.
But all in all, the inauguration was a stunning performance that out performed any Hollywood Gala Event and at a whopping $170 Million dollars. Wow! And during such difficult financial times. I wonder where they got all this money. Ah who cares, Right? What the heck, the DOW only dipped (-332.13) the lowest on any Inaugural Day, but I am confident that with Barack at the helm running this country (into a ditch...oops) and the support of Pelosi and Reid, this minor dip will be recovered by the infusion of another $875 Trillion dollar bailout. I am so glad that these financial wizards will truly help with our troubling economy.
But enough of all this chit-chat. Now is a time for healing. And I hope that those that have suffered these past 8 difficult years under the guise of Bush Derangement Syndrome can move onto recovery. But my fear is that it may never go away. To explain away so many questions that would otherwise cause awkward self-doubts may be difficult for some, but let us hope that many of our brethren will soon be healed. We want to help with understanding and careful treatment that any and all Obama failures wont be written off as an after-effect of the living hell we American endured under George W. Bush. Gosh No.
Now that President Bush is out of office, the Bush love fest is over and the people of America will discover the wisdom of the old saying, "Be careful what you wish for."
God Bless America - Please!
Obama Economics
Leter From the Boss
As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama is our President, and that our taxes, and government fees will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, our prices would have to increase by about 10%.
Since we cannot increase our prices right now due to the dismal state of the economy, we will have to lay off six of our employees instead. This has really been bothering me, since I believe we are family here and I didn't know how to choose who would have to go.
So, this is what I did. I walked through our parking lot and found six Obama bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these folks will be the ones to let go. I can't think of a more fair way to approach this problem. They voted for change; I gave it to them.
I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.
As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama is our President, and that our taxes, and government fees will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, our prices would have to increase by about 10%.
Since we cannot increase our prices right now due to the dismal state of the economy, we will have to lay off six of our employees instead. This has really been bothering me, since I believe we are family here and I didn't know how to choose who would have to go.
So, this is what I did. I walked through our parking lot and found six Obama bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these folks will be the ones to let go. I can't think of a more fair way to approach this problem. They voted for change; I gave it to them.
I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.
Zombies & Democrats
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Oui Suck Tour '09
The “We Suck ‘09' tour, kicked off in Europe, where Hope-a-Dope felt the need to apologize for the last administration’s efforts to defend America’s interests on the international stage. Hope-a-Dope likes to call this “smart power” and tells us we’ll get more by appearing humble than by pursuing our interests in the normal fashion. So far, the rest of the world has applauded Hope-a-Dope’s performance — and gone on to reject our requests for economic cooperation, combat troops for Afghanistan, partnership with Russia against Iran.
Such a theme in perfect keeping with Hope-a-Dope’s demonstrated pattern of ditching responsibilities in favor of more “Let’s play pretend-President” opportunities: he can’t have as much play-time and party-time if people somehow expect him to, you know, actually lead.
There’s a reason for why “humility” and “humiliation” are so close together. The following was said by a foreign government official of Bill Clinton shortly after he became president:
“When George Bush spoke, you felt America’s power. When Clinton talks, it’s more like being back in college, where everything is up for negotiation and debate.”
It’s no different today with Jimmy Carter in blackface. (Was that Racist? Well then, please someone, tell me to Shut Up!)
Kowtowing before foreigners makes perfect sense if you’ve just climbed out of the “diversity” stew: for just as it holds that all cultures are equally good except America’s, which is uniquely bad, what Hope-a-Dope is saying is that only when America practices it does acting in the national interest become a bad thing.
In the days after 9/11, I remember waking up every morning asking myself, “Will the news tell me that we’ve been attacked again?”
Today, I wake up and ask, “Has Hope-a-Dope given away the whole store yet, or is he still working on it?”
“Apology tour?” I spit. Hope-a-Dope’s sorry, alright…I just wonder how Sorry this country will be in four years.
Such a theme in perfect keeping with Hope-a-Dope’s demonstrated pattern of ditching responsibilities in favor of more “Let’s play pretend-President” opportunities: he can’t have as much play-time and party-time if people somehow expect him to, you know, actually lead.
There’s a reason for why “humility” and “humiliation” are so close together. The following was said by a foreign government official of Bill Clinton shortly after he became president:
“When George Bush spoke, you felt America’s power. When Clinton talks, it’s more like being back in college, where everything is up for negotiation and debate.”
It’s no different today with Jimmy Carter in blackface. (Was that Racist? Well then, please someone, tell me to Shut Up!)
Kowtowing before foreigners makes perfect sense if you’ve just climbed out of the “diversity” stew: for just as it holds that all cultures are equally good except America’s, which is uniquely bad, what Hope-a-Dope is saying is that only when America practices it does acting in the national interest become a bad thing.
In the days after 9/11, I remember waking up every morning asking myself, “Will the news tell me that we’ve been attacked again?”
Today, I wake up and ask, “Has Hope-a-Dope given away the whole store yet, or is he still working on it?”
“Apology tour?” I spit. Hope-a-Dope’s sorry, alright…I just wonder how Sorry this country will be in four years.
No Free Lunch - A Parable
There was a chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab, the Prof noticed one young man, an exchange student, who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist regime.
In the midst of his story, he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked:"Do you know how to catch wild pigs?"
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said that it was no joke.
You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming.
When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side.
The pigs, which are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat that free corn again.
You then slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd. Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught.
Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening in America. The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tax cuts, tax exemptions, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc., while we continually lose our freedoms, just a little at a time.
One should always remember two truths:
1) There is no such thing as a free lunch,
2) You can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.
If you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America, you might want to send this on to your friends.
If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life, then you will probably disregard this message.
But God help you when the gate slams shut!
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist regime.
In the midst of his story, he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked:"Do you know how to catch wild pigs?"
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said that it was no joke.
You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming.
When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side.
The pigs, which are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat that free corn again.
You then slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd. Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught.
Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening in America. The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tax cuts, tax exemptions, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc., while we continually lose our freedoms, just a little at a time.
One should always remember two truths:
1) There is no such thing as a free lunch,
2) You can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.
If you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America, you might want to send this on to your friends.
If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life, then you will probably disregard this message.
But God help you when the gate slams shut!
US Currency for Obama
The currency of the United Stated is very important to our citizens. The faces of those Presidents on our currency depict the leaders that history has honored and respected for their services.
1. George Washington: our nations first President, and leader of the American Revolution! Here he is shown on the $1 dollar bill.
2. Abe Lincoln: our most honorable leader. Pulled our nation through its darkest time, Abolished Slavery. Here he is shown on the $5 dollar bill.
3. Alexandar Hamilton: Founding Father, Secretary of the Treasury and leader of the Constitutional Convention. Here he is show on the $10 bill.
4. Andrew Jackson: Old Hickory fought the British in New Orleans. Here he is shown on the $20 dollar bill.
5. Ulysses Grant: Union Army General, led the North through the Civil War. Here he is shown on the $50 dollar bill.
6. Benjamin Franklin: genius inventor, political theorist and leading author of our Constitution. Here he is shown on the $100 dollar bill.
7. And finally, He spoke about it during his campaign run for the President. He stated "he doesn't look like those other presidents on the dollar bills." Well, the people have heard his voice. Barack Obama has been given the honor to have his picture plastered on the NEW currency for America.
1. George Washington: our nations first President, and leader of the American Revolution! Here he is shown on the $1 dollar bill.
2. Abe Lincoln: our most honorable leader. Pulled our nation through its darkest time, Abolished Slavery. Here he is shown on the $5 dollar bill.
3. Alexandar Hamilton: Founding Father, Secretary of the Treasury and leader of the Constitutional Convention. Here he is show on the $10 bill.
4. Andrew Jackson: Old Hickory fought the British in New Orleans. Here he is shown on the $20 dollar bill.
5. Ulysses Grant: Union Army General, led the North through the Civil War. Here he is shown on the $50 dollar bill.
6. Benjamin Franklin: genius inventor, political theorist and leading author of our Constitution. Here he is shown on the $100 dollar bill.
7. And finally, He spoke about it during his campaign run for the President. He stated "he doesn't look like those other presidents on the dollar bills." Well, the people have heard his voice. Barack Obama has been given the honor to have his picture plastered on the NEW currency for America.
The Republican Party
What many don't know about the Republican Party
In 1865, the Republicans became a national party when John C. Fremont was nominated for President under the slogan: "Free soil, free speech, free men, Fremont."
The Republican Party was born in the early 1850s by anti-slavery activists and individuals who believed that government should grant western lands to settlers free of charge.
Republicans passed the 13th Amendment, which outlawed slavery!!!
And the 14th Amendment, which guaranteed equal protection under the laws, and the 15th Amendment, which helped secure voting rights for African-Americans.
The Republican Party also played a leading role in securing women the right to vote.
It was Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican, who signed the bill amending our Pledge of Allegiance to include "Under GOd"
Under the last two Republican presidents, Ronald Readan and George H.W. Bush, the United States became the world's only superpower, winning the Cold War from the old Soviet Union and releasing millions from Communist oppression.
Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican to win the White House.
So before the word "Racist" comes in to play; Learn your history, About the Republican Party.
I also got to thinking about Why Jews and Blacks Vote Democrat. I found these two articles that might help spell out the why...
Why Jews and Blacks vote Democrat, Part I
Why Jews and Blacks vote Democrat, Part II
In 1865, the Republicans became a national party when John C. Fremont was nominated for President under the slogan: "Free soil, free speech, free men, Fremont."
The Republican Party was born in the early 1850s by anti-slavery activists and individuals who believed that government should grant western lands to settlers free of charge.
Republicans passed the 13th Amendment, which outlawed slavery!!!
And the 14th Amendment, which guaranteed equal protection under the laws, and the 15th Amendment, which helped secure voting rights for African-Americans.
The Republican Party also played a leading role in securing women the right to vote.
It was Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican, who signed the bill amending our Pledge of Allegiance to include "Under GOd"
Under the last two Republican presidents, Ronald Readan and George H.W. Bush, the United States became the world's only superpower, winning the Cold War from the old Soviet Union and releasing millions from Communist oppression.
Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican to win the White House.
So before the word "Racist" comes in to play; Learn your history, About the Republican Party.
I also got to thinking about Why Jews and Blacks Vote Democrat. I found these two articles that might help spell out the why...
Why Jews and Blacks vote Democrat, Part I
Why Jews and Blacks vote Democrat, Part II
PINO Obama & Soylent Green
After carefully reviewing previous collected emails, and listening to the news, and reading the Rasmussen polling data, I find now that I must comment on an email that one of my "fans" sent to me last week (1/19/2009).
Part of the email that I am referring to states the following:"BTW, have you seen GObama's approval ratings before he's even been inaugurated? Something like 75%! I don't recall him capturing nearly that much of the vote in November. What's happened since then? Damn, 3/4 of our country must be a bunch of morons!!!"
Will get back to this observation in a moment...
Well to refute this persons glouting over PINO (President In Name Only) Obama's approval rating, it has been noted that PINO Obama's charismatic charm & his pandering personality seems to be dipping in the polls...Hmmmmmm.
From 83% to 68%, a significant 15% drop in PINOs approval rating. In One Week! ONE WEEK and there seems to be trouble on the horizon. One week and I think America is finally waking up to the fact that PINO Obama cannot walk on water.
This man has no idea that the actions he is taking and that of congress will have zero effect on our economy. He talks about job losses from Caterpillar, Microsoft, Sprint where thousands are now being laid off. And yet his $850 Billion Dollar bailout will have NO EFFECT, NONE on our economy, until the year 2010-2011. Golly Gee Wiz. That sure is a great plan.
In the meantime, those that have lost their jobs will see no sustainable economic benefit. THEY LOST THEIR JOB. They need a job, not some welfare check disguised as a tax refund. The problem is PINO Obama and the democrat congress have no idea on how to get the economy jumpstarted quicker.
Oh I forgot to mention, Nancy Pelosi has a nice idea. This is Great. Her idea is to use part of the "stimulus plan" to hand out contraceptives to those via Planned Parenthood type organizations. Why may you ask would the government want to do this? Good Question. Well this way less babies are born, and if less babies are born, there will less children who would become an economic burden (schools & medical assistance) to our nation. Yeah Nancy that is such a great idea. And if you think this is not true, I have provided the link for your viewing pleasure:
http://drudgereport.com/flashpbc.htm
http://www.wjno.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=244038&article=4898130
SOYLENT GREEN
Hell I got an even better idea. There was a movie back in 1973 starring Charlton Heston titled Soylent Green. It was a science fiction movie depicting a future in which global warming and overpopulation lead to depleted resources on Earth (sounds familiar?). This in turn leads to widespread unemployment and poverty (how eerie). Real fruit, vegetables, and meat are rare, commodities are expensive, and much of the population survives on processed food rations, including "soylent green" wafers (wait, it gets better). Only in the end, our protagonist, Charlton Heston, finds out that Soylent Green is people. That's right folks, the processed food green wafer which is advertised as being produced from "high-energy plankton" is non-other than made up from the Grandma's and Grandpa's of the world. Delicious!
So to help Nancy Pelosi with her idea, why don't we cull the nation of citizens over the age of 65 and under 5 years of age. That would wipe out the need of any Medicare/Medicaid and lessen the need to have childcare, after school care, geriatric care & Social Security (but of course every citizen would still have to pay into the SS coffers), and provide a food staple for the hungry. This would save the economy BILLIONS and make BILLIONS. And it would have an immediate effect on the job market. Think of all the younger citizens working at the "food processing" plant. Why this will be a sustainable job market FOREVER. It would be like a regular Sears and Roebuck of the 21st century...
I do hope that my family members know the definition of sarcasms. Never would I sit by and and allow something like this to happen. But you must realize that this is the type of mentality that we are heading for with the Liberal Elites in charge. Hey Nancy, why didn't YOU use contraceptive when you were pumping out your 5 children (and those children of yours that pumped out 6 grandchildren). If you did, we could have saved the American taxpayers a ton of money & saved on depleted resources.
********
No folks, this "Fiasco Bailout Infusion" of our tax payer dollars just wont work. And if the bailout cash wont do it, why doesn't the government do something radical like... lowering the corporate tax? Let's see...Lowering corporate taxes on businesses would allow corporations to make more money; ergo making more money would allow them to hire more people. Hey that sounds pretty good. I got another idea...How about eliminating the payroll tax? Yeah, that could work. Let's talk through this scenario. More money in my wallet, means I would have more buying power. More buying power means I would purchase more goods and services. More goods and services, means businesses could hire more people. And because corporate taxes are lowered, corporations can hire more people. WOW! What a fricking novel idea. If only congress could reduce corporate taxes & sign off on the Fair Tax Bill (H.R. 25, the FairTax) we might see some potential gains in our economy. The only problem is that they would then have to repeal the 16th Amendment.
So back to the original email. "Damn, 3/4 of our country must be a bunch of morons!!!" And to answer your question. Maybe. But the good news is that 15% of those morons are wising up to PINO Obama and Congress. Go figure.
Part of the email that I am referring to states the following:"BTW, have you seen GObama's approval ratings before he's even been inaugurated? Something like 75%! I don't recall him capturing nearly that much of the vote in November. What's happened since then? Damn, 3/4 of our country must be a bunch of morons!!!"
Will get back to this observation in a moment...
Well to refute this persons glouting over PINO (President In Name Only) Obama's approval rating, it has been noted that PINO Obama's charismatic charm & his pandering personality seems to be dipping in the polls...Hmmmmmm.
From 83% to 68%, a significant 15% drop in PINOs approval rating. In One Week! ONE WEEK and there seems to be trouble on the horizon. One week and I think America is finally waking up to the fact that PINO Obama cannot walk on water.
This man has no idea that the actions he is taking and that of congress will have zero effect on our economy. He talks about job losses from Caterpillar, Microsoft, Sprint where thousands are now being laid off. And yet his $850 Billion Dollar bailout will have NO EFFECT, NONE on our economy, until the year 2010-2011. Golly Gee Wiz. That sure is a great plan.
In the meantime, those that have lost their jobs will see no sustainable economic benefit. THEY LOST THEIR JOB. They need a job, not some welfare check disguised as a tax refund. The problem is PINO Obama and the democrat congress have no idea on how to get the economy jumpstarted quicker.
Oh I forgot to mention, Nancy Pelosi has a nice idea. This is Great. Her idea is to use part of the "stimulus plan" to hand out contraceptives to those via Planned Parenthood type organizations. Why may you ask would the government want to do this? Good Question. Well this way less babies are born, and if less babies are born, there will less children who would become an economic burden (schools & medical assistance) to our nation. Yeah Nancy that is such a great idea. And if you think this is not true, I have provided the link for your viewing pleasure:
http://drudgereport.com/flashpbc.htm
http://www.wjno.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=244038&article=4898130
SOYLENT GREEN
Hell I got an even better idea. There was a movie back in 1973 starring Charlton Heston titled Soylent Green. It was a science fiction movie depicting a future in which global warming and overpopulation lead to depleted resources on Earth (sounds familiar?). This in turn leads to widespread unemployment and poverty (how eerie). Real fruit, vegetables, and meat are rare, commodities are expensive, and much of the population survives on processed food rations, including "soylent green" wafers (wait, it gets better). Only in the end, our protagonist, Charlton Heston, finds out that Soylent Green is people. That's right folks, the processed food green wafer which is advertised as being produced from "high-energy plankton" is non-other than made up from the Grandma's and Grandpa's of the world. Delicious!
So to help Nancy Pelosi with her idea, why don't we cull the nation of citizens over the age of 65 and under 5 years of age. That would wipe out the need of any Medicare/Medicaid and lessen the need to have childcare, after school care, geriatric care & Social Security (but of course every citizen would still have to pay into the SS coffers), and provide a food staple for the hungry. This would save the economy BILLIONS and make BILLIONS. And it would have an immediate effect on the job market. Think of all the younger citizens working at the "food processing" plant. Why this will be a sustainable job market FOREVER. It would be like a regular Sears and Roebuck of the 21st century...
I do hope that my family members know the definition of sarcasms. Never would I sit by and and allow something like this to happen. But you must realize that this is the type of mentality that we are heading for with the Liberal Elites in charge. Hey Nancy, why didn't YOU use contraceptive when you were pumping out your 5 children (and those children of yours that pumped out 6 grandchildren). If you did, we could have saved the American taxpayers a ton of money & saved on depleted resources.
********
No folks, this "Fiasco Bailout Infusion" of our tax payer dollars just wont work. And if the bailout cash wont do it, why doesn't the government do something radical like... lowering the corporate tax? Let's see...Lowering corporate taxes on businesses would allow corporations to make more money; ergo making more money would allow them to hire more people. Hey that sounds pretty good. I got another idea...How about eliminating the payroll tax? Yeah, that could work. Let's talk through this scenario. More money in my wallet, means I would have more buying power. More buying power means I would purchase more goods and services. More goods and services, means businesses could hire more people. And because corporate taxes are lowered, corporations can hire more people. WOW! What a fricking novel idea. If only congress could reduce corporate taxes & sign off on the Fair Tax Bill (H.R. 25, the FairTax) we might see some potential gains in our economy. The only problem is that they would then have to repeal the 16th Amendment.
So back to the original email. "Damn, 3/4 of our country must be a bunch of morons!!!" And to answer your question. Maybe. But the good news is that 15% of those morons are wising up to PINO Obama and Congress. Go figure.
Why Whites are Racists
I have been wondering about why Whites are racists, and no other race is? It seems that in today's political correctness world, White people, more than ever must tread a very fine line on thier speech. Not only that, they must be careful of the numerous interruptations that can be twisted from ones own words.
For starters, years ago when asked your nationality, many of us would say that we are an American. Now a days, we are a nation of hyphentated heritage. There are African-American, Arab-American, Asian-American, European-American, Latino-American, Native-American, Italian-American, English-American, Irish-American, German-American, Polish-American, Greek-American, Spanish-American, Japanese-American, Chinese-American, Indian-American, Jewish-American, Filipino-American. etc. We have become a nation of hypens.
And then there are just Americans. You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction. You call me White boy,Cracker, Honkey, Whitey, Redneck, Caveman, and that's OK in the Political Correctness viewpoint today. But truly it's not.
But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger, Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, Chink, Spick, Mick, Wop, Chief, You call me a racist.
You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you, so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?
You have the United Negro College Fund. You have Martin Luther King Day. You have Black History Month. You have Cesar Chavez Day. You have Yom Hashoah. You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi. You have the NAACP. You have BET.
If we had WET (White Entertainment Television), we'd be racists. If we had a White Pride Day, you would call us racists. If we had White History Month, we'd be racists. If we had any organization for only whites to 'advance' OUR, lives we'd be racists.
We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, Italian Chamber of Commerce, etc, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce. Wonder who pays for that??
A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant but any color can be in the Miss America pageant.
If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships ...You know we'd be racists.
There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US, yet if there were 'White colleges' That would be a racist college.
In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists.
You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're not afraid to announce it. But when we announce our white pride, you call us racists.
You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.
I am proud... But you call me a racist.
Why is it that only whites can be racists??
There is nothing improper about this posting. Let's see which of you are proud enough to send it on. I sadly don't think many will. That's why we have lost most of OUR RIGHTS in this country. We won't stand up for ourselves!
BE PROUD TO BE WHITE!
For starters, years ago when asked your nationality, many of us would say that we are an American. Now a days, we are a nation of hyphentated heritage. There are African-American, Arab-American, Asian-American, European-American, Latino-American, Native-American, Italian-American, English-American, Irish-American, German-American, Polish-American, Greek-American, Spanish-American, Japanese-American, Chinese-American, Indian-American, Jewish-American, Filipino-American. etc. We have become a nation of hypens.
And then there are just Americans. You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction. You call me White boy,Cracker, Honkey, Whitey, Redneck, Caveman, and that's OK in the Political Correctness viewpoint today. But truly it's not.
But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger, Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, Chink, Spick, Mick, Wop, Chief, You call me a racist.
You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you, so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?
You have the United Negro College Fund. You have Martin Luther King Day. You have Black History Month. You have Cesar Chavez Day. You have Yom Hashoah. You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi. You have the NAACP. You have BET.
If we had WET (White Entertainment Television), we'd be racists. If we had a White Pride Day, you would call us racists. If we had White History Month, we'd be racists. If we had any organization for only whites to 'advance' OUR, lives we'd be racists.
We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, Italian Chamber of Commerce, etc, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce. Wonder who pays for that??
A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant but any color can be in the Miss America pageant.
If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships ...You know we'd be racists.
There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US, yet if there were 'White colleges' That would be a racist college.
In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists.
You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're not afraid to announce it. But when we announce our white pride, you call us racists.
You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.
I am proud... But you call me a racist.
Why is it that only whites can be racists??
There is nothing improper about this posting. Let's see which of you are proud enough to send it on. I sadly don't think many will. That's why we have lost most of OUR RIGHTS in this country. We won't stand up for ourselves!
BE PROUD TO BE WHITE!