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Archive for February 2010
The Invisible Woman
Thanks to Jerry for sharing.
Letter From Marsha
If you are in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, you may have received one too.
Friends,
Today the EPA announced that they would postpone the implementation of their proposed carbon regulations until next year. As you know, I believe those regulations would have a devastating effect on the economy-especially in the 7th District of Tennessee.
I believe that their decision is directly related to growing bi-partisan opposition to the idea that the EPA could regulate carbon emissions without the authorization of Congress. That is why I introduced H.R. 391 to stop them, and why so many of my colleagues from both parties have joined me in the fight.
America needs new, clean, domestic sources of energy. Allowing unelected bureaucrats to punitively cap carbon emissions from cars, farms, and factories won’t get us there anymore than taxing Americans out of house and home will.
It is important to note that the EPA has only given us a temporary reprieve. Unless we continue the push to pass H.R. 391, they can resurrect these regulations at any time. That’s why we’ll continue to fight.
My best,
Marsha
Not only should the EPA postpone, the EPA should be shut down. Completely. They are taking liberties that don’t belong to them.
The bill mentioned here, H.R. 391, has been floating around in committee for way too long. It’s co-sponsored by 152 representatives, all Republicans, of course.
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that greenhouse gases are not subject to the Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. GREENHOUSE GAS REGULATION UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT.
Section 302(g) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7602(g)) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: ‘The term ‘air pollutant’ shall not include carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride.’.
SEC. 2. CLIMATE CHANGE NOT REGULATED BY CLEAN AIR ACT.
Nothing in the Clean Air Act shall be treated as authorizing or requiring the regulation of climate change or global warming.
This seems pretty cut and dry to me.
1. No one should be able to regulate your ability to exhale.
2. Hello??? Water evaporates. Learned that in elementary school.
3. Do they have enough butt plugs for cows? Didn’t think so. Ever heard of mud volcanoes?
4. I wonder how many people will stop going to the dentist? Bad teeth can cause other health issues. Ooops! Must have Obamacare. 
5. If your frying pan catches on fire, I would think it would be a good idea to be able to put the fire out.
6. Eye surgery? MRI? Ultra-sound? Yep! Come in real handy.
And….
7. I’ve always thought it was a real good idea to insulate anything high voltage, don’t you?
Kill THAT Bill!
“Nullification Laws” Passed By the States to Fight ObamaCare
Arrogant Federal Government Lights Fuse on Explosive Citizen Anger!
by J. D. Longstreet
In the upcoming “summit” between Obama and the Republicans on his ObamaCare proposal… you know, the one the American people have flatly rejected… you can forget the democrats tossing out anything in the current proposal. Ain’t gonna happen. The dems, with the added weight of Obama, hope to overwhelm the Republicans and force them into folding and agreeing to reluctantly support ObamaCare so they, the democrats, can save face for Obama and themselves.
WE appeal to the GOP to hold fast. Don’t give an inch. This sorry piece of legislation deserves to be flatly, and completely, defeated, with a stake driven through its heart, and committed to the trash bin of history for all time.
It is nothing more than a power grab by the Progressives in the Congress. It is power they will use to ram their remaining socialist agenda through the Congress and into law. It is a sure and certain formula for the utter destruction of our constitutional republic. And that, dear reader is exactly what they want and what they are working tirelessly to accomplish.
Census
Publias/Hudlah is a brilliant woman. While I am not a Constitutional scholar, I think SHE IS! Since the 2010 census is coming up, I thought it would be a good idea to share her thought on the issue that she posted on Smart Girl Politics.
The CENSUS & the “Rule of Law”
Article I, Sec. 2, clause 3, U.S. Constitution, provides that the census shall be taken every 10 years for the purposes of apportionment of (1) direct Taxes and (2) Representatives to the House.
It also says the census shall be taken in such manner as Congress may direct. So, while the Constitution establishes the TWO purposes of the census; Congress decides the manner in which it shall be taken (e.g., by the U.S. marshals in the federal judicial districts, questionnaires mailed by the executive branch of the federal government).
In Federalist No. 54, last para, James Madison, Father of the Constitution, explains why it is a good idea to have a “common measure” [i.e., the number of people] for determining both the number of Representatives for each State and the amount of the direct Taxes each State is to pay: As the accuracy of the census depends on the cooperation of the States, the “common measure” discourages the States from overstating or understating the numbers of their population.
The Constitution is clear, and Madison confirms it: The purpose of the census is ONLY (1) to determine the number of Representatives each State is to get, and (2) to determine each State’s share of the “direct Taxes”.
Birdies
This morning, I was looking out the window, watching the birds at the feeder, and saw two of the biggest red headed woodpeckers I’ve ever seen in my life. Granted, I haven’t seen a lot of them, but these guys were huge. Well, at least in my opinion. Unfortunately, before I could grab the camera, they took off, but they looked a whole lot like this:
Ok, so they didn’t have the blue suit on, but still….. 
REAL Bad Medicine!
Voters still strongly oppose the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats and think Congress should focus instead on smaller bills that address problems individually rather than a comprehensive plan.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 41% of voters favor the proposed health care plan, while 56% oppose it. Those figures include 45% who strongly oppose the plan and just 23% who strongly favor it. (source)
We Be Stoopid
From YID with LID:
Sorry, had to hunt the video down on Youtube since this one went black. Sorry ’bout that.
- Tea Parties are Anti Government Activists Who Are Trying to Scare People. No Valerie, Anarchists are anti government. Tea Party activists are very pro-government, the constitutional government formed by our founders. By the way, Boris Karloff tried to scare people, Tea Parties try to tell people the truth, its only scary to the people who want to hide the truth.
- President Obama’s Intelligence is a Burden Because it Enables Him to See His Mistakes Right Away. Man, sometimes this stuff writes itself, but I will try and take the high road. Ms Jarret, if the POTUS was able to see his mistakes right away, his skin wouldn’t be so dammed thin and he would have recognized by now that the surge worked.
No, it’s not that we don’t understand where Obama’s coming from…..the problem is, we DO understand!
What Part Of NO…….
Democrats’ attempts to coordinate health-care message leave Republicans scratching their heads
President Obama’s attempt to press ahead with a comprehensive health-care bill on Monday prompted one reaction in Washington more than any other: confusion.
“I was actually surprised that they’re pushing it again. The most important thing is jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. We need to focus on jobs,” said Rep. Heath Shuler, North Carolina Democrat and a leader of the 54-member Blue Dog coalition of conservative Democrats.
I’m not surprised at all. The Dems don’t give a flip what the people of this country want, or don’t want. They are going to ram anything they can down our throats, like a mother giving a three year old castor oil, and telling ‘em it’s candy! Well, we aren’t 3 year olds, and we we KNOW it isn’t candy!
“I don’t think a comprehensive bill can pass,” he said.
“I hate to use a football analogy,” said the former Washington Redskins quarterback, “but first downs are a lot better than throwing the bomb route or the Hail Mary.”
Honestly, we don’t even want first downs. We want REAL reform, and will not settle. That includes opening up state borders and dealing with lawsuit abuse, of which, there is plenty! And by the way, y’all might want to consider dealing with all the fraud that’s been going on for decades, costing the taxpayer BILLIONS!
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, gave a sharp rebuttal to Shuler’s remark.
“You know what? With all due respect to everyone, we just saw the president’s proposal today. I don’t know that anybody in our caucus is saying we’re not going to pass a bill,” she told The Daily Caller as she left the caucus meeting.
“We will pass a bill. We will pass a bill,” she said.
Uh huh! We WILL sit your sorry hind end on the sidelines!
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, knocked down the idea that the president’s proposal represented a product that all Democrats were supporting unquestionably, undermining the White House argument that Republicans must unite behind one proposal before Thursday’s meeting at the White House.
“I’m not sure there is a ‘this bill.’ We have a bill. The Senate’s got a bill. The president has put a proposal on the floor. We’re going to talk on Thursday,” Hoyer said in an interview on his way out of the meeting.
Such happy horse manure! Talk? No, this dog and pony show is going to be the same old thing….the Dems preach, and the Republicans sit, with their thumbs up their butts, spinning for the folks back home. Grow a pair, people! A BIG pair! The “Party of NO” is a good thing when the proposed issue is destruction of the economy!
Would you bury your child for your ideology?
Ideology to Die For
by Mike Adams
It is a truism to say that there are many anti-gun ideologues among our educational elites. But few are as honest as Doug Van Gorder – a math teacher at Brockton High School. He admits that he would rather lose a child than exercise his right to defend himself with a gun. In the wake of a recent school shooting, he wrote this in a Letter to the Editor of the Boston Globe:
Some propose overturning laws that made schools gun-free zones even for teachers who may be licensed to securely carry concealed firearms elsewhere. They argue that barring licensed-carry only ensures a defenseless, target-rich environment. But as a progressive, I would sooner lay my child to rest than succumb to the belief that the use of a gun for self-defense is somehow not in itself a gun crime.
Morally speaking, I have no problem with anti-gun ideologues who wish to place themselves in peril by waiving their rights of self-defense. You almost have to respect someone who is willing to die for his beliefs. But when he decides that others should also die for his beliefs the real trouble begins.
Excercising Our Rights
H/T: Gina via Smart Girl Politics
Time’s Resident Weasel
Mark Halperin is a moron. Plain and simple. Add him to the pile of feckless weasels, along with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
What I think of, when I hear a assjack like this, after the four lettered words, is “are any of these people paying attention?” I guess this is another from the lame stream who has never bothered reading the U.S. Constitution, and the LIMITS it puts on a centralized government. Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez!
When, In The Course Of Human Events….
…it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Obama to Seek Curbs on Insurance Hikes
Seeking to revive his stalled health-care legislation, President Barack Obama is proposing a new idea to address health costs, giving the federal government authority to block insurers from making premium rate increases.
Whoa! Hold on there Skippy! Where do you get off telling private companies what they can, and cannot do? Where in the Constitution does it state you have this authority?
The move raises the ante after two weeks of presidential bashing of rate increases including WellPoint Inc.’s decision to raise premiums for some California customers by as much as 39%. WellPoint has defended its price increase as unavoidable in light of rising health costs.
California. The land of fruits, nuts, flakes and socialists! Perhaps insurance companies wouldn’t have to keep increasing their rate if someone stepped back, and took a good hard look at the REAL problems that are plaguing the industry, eh?
Administration officials have said Monday’s proposal would be an effort to bridge the differences between the health bills passed by the House and the Senate last year. The idea for new federal authority on premiums wasn’t in either bill, and is likely to generate opposition from Republicans arguing that it would give too much power to the federal government.
We don’t need any more freakin’ federal authorities! Just the opposite! We NEED to get RID of a great many of those ‘authorities’ we already have screwing up our lives. If it ain’t in the Constitution, back the **** off!
The Democratic health bills already envision some role for the government to control premium costs, through new exchanges where individuals and small businesses could buy insurance. One version would prevent any insurer that raised rates beyond a level that the government deemed unfair from selling policies in the exchange.
Why don’t the Democrats come clean, and just change the name of their party to the Democratic Socialists?
A new seven-member Health Insurance Rate Authority, made up of industry experts, consumer representatives, a physician and others, would issue an annual report laying out what it viewed as reasonable rate increases. Those considered unjustified could be blocked by a federal board. Customers might even qualify for rebates.
More government employees, with a nice fat salary and all the benefits, at the taxpayers expense, picking and choosing, depending on which company donated the most to the commies? I don’t freakin’ think so!
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) said on “Fox News Sunday” that Republicans intended to take part in Thursday’s televised summit, and he reiterated his call for Mr. Obama to scrap the Democrats’ bill. “The American people do not want this bill to pass,” he said.
I’d venture to guess that anyone with an “R” behind their name who attends Obumbler’s fiasco will find themselves in a real tough re-election. Grow a pair ya weasels! Do what is RIGHT for the people, not for that joke of a president and his cronies!
Hmmm… can ya tell I’m a tad annoyed?
We must separate ourselves from those who would do the greatest harm to the nation, and her people!
WE, The People Said NO!
The White House Learned Nothing from Massachusetts
The Foundry
In July of this year, the American people were mostly undecided about Obamacare: equal numbers opposed and supported the health care bills that the White House was shepherding through Congress. But then August happened and informed Americans turned out at townhalls across the country to express their strong disapproval of Obamacare. The larger American public noticed and pluralities of the American people began to oppose Obamacare. The White House concluded they had a “communications problem” so they scheduled a prime time speech in front of a rare Joint Session of Congress. But the President’s speech arrogantly dismissed the concerns of the American people and after a brief uptick in support (from the low 40s to the mid 40s), opposition to the President’s plan grew.
A Man Of Honor
February 22, 1732 ~ December 14, 1799
A Self-Made Man
Much has been written in recent years, condemning the Founders as rich, privileged, white men. They were certainly white, but that’s not a reason to condemn them. Many, but not all, were quite wealthy. But does anyone ever stop and ask themselves how they became that way?
George Washington, the very first president of these United States, was born into gentleman’s life, this is true. But if you dig deeper, when his father died, leaving the larger portion of his wealth to George’s older half brothers, he, his mother, and his 5 siblings to subsist on much less than what they had become accustomed.
While Washington did receive an education, he did not have the privilege of attending college, or learning foreign languages as did a good number of his peers. So, how did he become so smart? Where did his wisdom come from, if he didn’t have a college degree? He learned. Not through professors, but through family, books, and his own inquisitiveness. He worked hard, became a national hero, and had the express honor of being unanimously voted in as the very first President of the United States of America.
This is a man who should be honored and studied, honestly, in our schools. We should all remember, if it were not for men like this, there would be no United States. We would not have the liberties and freedoms we have now.
So, the next time you whine about old white rich men, remember George Washington, who DID put his life on the line. Could you, would you do the same for your freedom from tyranny? Open a book, read, learn, and think really hard about your answer.
ROFLMAO
Gleefully swiped from Christmas Ghost!
