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Stooges!
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Weasel Time – ObamaCare Version
How To WASTE Taxpayer Money!
IRS Reportedly Comes to California Car Wash to Demand Four-Cent Debt
A California car wash owner says he’s rather amused after two Internal Revenue Service agents visited his business to demand he pay a debt – of four cents.
“I come to work, and my manager says, you’re not going to believe this. A couple of IRS agents just came in here demanding payment for back taxes,” Aaron Zeff told Fox 40 KTXL Sacramento. “I looked at the letter and I couldn’t believe what I saw. The number was astonishing. Four cents.”
But with late fees on those pennies and penalties dating back to 2006, Zeff says the taxman now wants to collect a total $202.35, the TV station reported.
How much did it cost the taxpayer for these two mental midgets to drive to the company? How much was wasted in hunting down those FOUR PENNIES? And they really want this man to pay all the penalties?
Zeff’s attorney told Fox 40 that Harv’s Car Wash always pays its taxes and “never had any issues like this come up.” Zeff said he would have paid the amount owed if he had been notified, but he said the only notice he received from the agency was a letter saying he had filed his returns and didn’t owe any more money.
If he received the letter, then the IRS is in the wrong. Hope he kept it in his files. Just one more reason the 16th needs to be repealed! Complete, and utter, incompetence!
We Said NO!
House may try to pass Senate health-care bill without voting on it
After laying the groundwork for a decisive vote this week on the Senate’s health-care bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Monday that she might attempt to pass the measure without having members vote on it.
Instead, Pelosi (D-Calif.) would rely on a procedural sleight of hand: The House would vote on a more popular package of fixes to the Senate bill; under the House rule for that vote, passage would signify that lawmakers “deem” the health-care bill to be passed.
The tactic — known as a “self-executing rule” or a “deem and pass” — has been commonly used, although never to pass legislation as momentous as the $875 billion health-care bill. It is one of three options that Pelosi said she is considering for a late-week House vote, but she added that she prefers it because it would politically protect lawmakers who are reluctant to publicly support the measure.
“It’s more insider and process-oriented than most people want to know,” the speaker said in a roundtable discussion with bloggers Monday. “But I like it,” she said, “because people don’t have to vote on the Senate bill.”
I wonder which bloggers she was bumping her gums to/with? I can pretty much bet it wasn’t Michelle Malkin, Gateway Pundit, anyone from Pajamas Media. I can pretty much guarantee they didn’t invite Texas Fred. (Why does the mental image of Fred and the Ninny, together in the same room, make me laugh so hard? Hmm… Heh!)
First thing, go read that “self executing rule“. Seriously. GO READ IT! I’ll wait.
Of COURSE Ninny likes it!
Contemporary Use. Self-executing rules are still employed on matters involving House-Senate relations. They have also been used in recent years to enact significant substantive and sometimes controversial propositions.
Now I know just how so many of our freedoms have been eroded. Yes, perhaps I have been oblivious, not noticing the use of such an under handed tactic. Hey! I’m human. The examples provided in this .pdf, are rather small, compared to how they want to use it this time around. Banning smoking on domestic flights less than 2 hours long, while prohibiting personal choice, is NOT the same thing as taking over 1/6 of the American economy!
“When we have a bill, then we will let you know about the votes. But when we bring the bill to the floor, we will have the votes,” she told reporters.
Pelosi said Monday that House Democrats have yet to decide how to approach the vote. But she added that any strategy involving a separate vote on the Senate bill “isn’t too popular,” and aides said the leadership is likely to bow to the wishes of its rank and file.
Here’s a novel concept, you old windbag! Scrap that piece of crap at least 53% of the American people oppose! Those findings include 23% who Strongly Favor the plan and 46% who Strongly Oppose it.
And……Obama flaps his gums:
“I don’t know about the politics, but I know what’s the right thing to do,” he said, nearly shouting as the crowd cheered. “And so I’m calling on Congress to pass these reforms — and I’m going to sign them into law. I want some courage. I want us to do the right thing.”
Bud the ONLY thing you know about is campaigning! You don’t know JACK about true leadership! While you may have won the election, you have lost the nation, as a whole. Oh sure, there are still some who buy into all that phony Hope-n-Change, but a vast majority have woken up from our stupor, and are now fighting for our very survival, as FREE Americans!
Asked whether he was reconsidering his position, Kucinich demurred. But Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said Kucinich is coming under intense pressure from Ohioans who want Congress to act, and from his colleagues in Washington.
“All of us — the governor, the congressional delegation, the president — are making clear to Dennis that we won’t have another chance for a decade if this doesn’t happen,” Brown said.
Do you get the impression that the Dems know they are going to lose the majority this year? If this happen, and I truly pray it does, it will take YEARS to attempt to undo the damage they have wrought on this country. Now is as good time as any to restore the U.S. Constitution to it’s rightful place….the LAW of the Land!
Glenn Beck – 3/15/10
As much as I’d LOVE to post the entire show, I can’t. 
So, next best thing, go watch the show, in it’s entirety, with NO commercials. 
Even lib>progressive>socialist>commies might learn something. Well, I can hope, can’t I? Those words, Faith, Hope, and Charity, are not buzz words for socialism. And NO, Jesus was/is NOT a socialist!
Just A Few Items
Page 87 – TREATMENT OF STATE BENEFIT MANDATES
Insofar as a State requires a health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage to include benefits beyond the essential benefits package, such requirement shall continue to apply to an Exchange-participating health benefits plan, if the State has entered into an arrangement satisfactory to the Commissioner to reimburse the Commissioner for the amount of any net increase in affordability premium credits under subtitle C as a result of an increase in premium in basic plans as a result of application of such requirement.
Just my opinion, but don’t the words “benefit” and “mandate” kind of cancel each other out?
Page 167-168 – TAX ON INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT ACCEPTABLE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.
‘‘(a) TAX IMPOSED.—In the case of any individual who does not meet the requirements of subsection (d) at
any time during the taxable year, there is hereby imposed a tax equal to 2.5 percent of the excess of—
‘‘(1) the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year, over
‘‘(2) the amount of gross income specified in section 6012(a)(1) with respect to the taxpayer.
If you can’t afford their version of “acceptable health care”, they will make you pay an increase in taxes you can’t afford to pay? 2.5% of the excess income? Do you have excess income? Well, those who live on our dime up there in D.C. might have some extra, but I don’t know anyone out here in the real world doesn’t it.
Page 1180 – SEC. 227. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING ENROLLMENT OF MEMBERS IN THE PUBLIC OPTION.
It is the sense of the House of Representatives that Members who vote in favor of the establishment of a public, Federal Government run health insurance option, and senior members of the President’s administration, are urged to forgo their right to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and agree to enroll under that public option.
In other words, it would be nice if those who impose this crap on the American people would make use of it, but it’s not really necessary.
Is this thing giving anyone else a headache? I think that’s the whole idea. We’ll be going through this thing with a fine toothed comb, while those who wish to impose this crap on us, are chuckling at the idea that we care enough to read it, when they won’t.
Gotta Love This Guy!
Phone In For TN’s 7th
Just had a nice chat with a staffer at Rep. Marsha Blackburn‘s Memphis office. Voiced my opinion, on the most recent shenanigans of the Democrats in D.C. However, that wasn’t my primary reason for calling them, believe it or not. Seems that when an email, inviting constituents to participate in a phone town hall, went out, they forgot to include our little corner of the 7th District. Heh. Well, luckily, they are going to rectify that problem, and Hardin County will be added to the list, with the appropriate phone number to call in tomorrow. 
Just thought if anyone around these parts got the same email, and wants to participate, you’ll be getting an updated email tomorrow morning. At least, I sure hope so! 
It’s About Liberty!
I came across a ‘letter to the editor” on the Detroit Free Press this morning that hits on some good point of the Tea Party folks, and naturally, some of the responses show the absolute ignorance of many on the left. Go, check it out, and let me know…..is this ignorance an epidemic, or is there some hope for the clueless?
On the same topic, there was this column, from Lee Harris, on Gov Monitor:
The phrase “Wal-Mart Hippies” is certainly attention-getting, as was no doubt intended. After all, who would suspect that there lurked a secret affinity between the carefree flower children of late ’60s and the hard-working folks who shop at Wal-Mart?
The two groups would seem a study in antithesis. The flower children of the ’60s put flowers in gun barrels and chanted sweet songs of peace. At Wal-Mart people buy guns to put bullets in and use them to shoot cute and cuddly animals. Hippies scorned work and lived in idleness.
The Wal-Mart shopper often works two jobs just to squeeze by. Flower children listened to acid rock. The folks at Wal-Mart adore Country and Western. Hippies celebrated free love. The people who fill the aisles of Wal-Mart marry, settle down, and raise families—often quite large ones. The hippies grooved on Zen or chanted Hare Krishna. The Wal-Mart crowd happily keeps Jesus at the wheel. Flower children opposed war. The Wal-Mart shopper sends off sons and daughters to fight them.
But Brooks is not really comparing the Tea Party movement to the hippie movement of the ’60s. Instead, he is comparing it to the New Left of the same decade. In one respect he appears to have made an honest mistake.
In his mind, the New Left and the hippie movement have strangely merged. Members of the New Left “went to Woodstock”—didn’t they? Actually, no, they didn’t. We should not confuse the carefree, frolicking hippie movement of that era with the mirthless and dour New Left of the same period. Hippies were whimsical spirits. The New Lefties were mirthless zealots. Hippies smoked pot and had fun. New Lefties read Lenin and plotted revolution. New Lefties regarded hippies as frivolous and fatuous. Hippies looked on New Lefties as the ultimate downers.
If read Brook’s column, you must ask yourself…..DOES THIS MORON EVER LEAVE NEW YORK?
Being of the dope-smoking, peace and love, generation, I can tell you, there are HUGE differences between those who actually shop at Wally World, and those who walked around barefoot, with flowers in their greasy hair, smelling like horse dung, hitch hiking all around the country, spreading the “word” of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. Amazing….some of us actually GREW UP! Reality will do that to ya!
This “new left”, in my personal opinion, are the red headed step children of those who came before. While my generation talked about changing the world, for the better in some ways, with all kinds of flowery bs, this bunch wants to actually change the world by destroying anything that is good and positive within the human experience. And that will just NOT do!
Don’t Ask!
But, honestly, there really IS a REAL good reason why there is a pink petticoat in the middle of my living room. And maybe, if y’all are real nice, I’ll share that reason….after it’s all over! Heh. Gotta tell ya, the sound of kitties crunching on this stuff is extremely annoying!
Simple Question
I was just wondering….. If a person would compromise his or her principles, all for the sake of political expediency, wouldn’t that mean they really don’t have any principles at all?And in that vein, wouldn’t it mean they shouldn’t be in any position of power?
Reconcile THIS!
In case you aren’t aware, the bozos up in D.C. have posted the latest version of “destroy America” bill on the internet. All 2,309 pages of it. I’ve been trying to go through it, and actually get a few things done around here at the same time, but let me tell ya, if you thought previous versions were bad, wait till you get a gander at THIS one! TRILLIONS in spending! That’s a whole number, with 12 zeroes!
Student loans? Hispanic serving institutions? I’m sure I’ll be posting things as I come across them, but in the mean time, do a little reading on your own.
10th Amendment
States Distancing Themselves From The Federal Government
Over 40 States Declare State Sovereignty
by J. D. Longstreet
A few snippets:
NINTH AMENDMENT to the US Constitution: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.TENTH AMENDMENT to the US Constitution: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
If you had been raised in the South, before PC got a hold of the education system, you would KNOW that the “War of Northern Aggression” had very little to do with the issue of slavery, and everything to do with Southern states asserting their sovereignty. FYI, slavery was used by the North as a rallying cry AFTER the war had begun.
It is being reported that there are over 40 states with state sovereignty declarations as of this writing. If true, that is heartening. There is no doubt the states have been relegated to second-class citizenship in the US. That is just WRONG and must be corrected!
Why is it not ALL 50 states? Or in the case of BHO, 58? 
Shouldn’t the individual states be standing up to the federal government, declaring the U.S. Constitution the LAW of the land? Actually, states shouldn’t have to, it should be a given, but there are so many these days, both in Washington, D.C., and in the states themselves, that have never even bothered to READ that document, or if they have, are totally clueless as to its meaning.
James Madison, The Founder we refer to as “The Father of the Constitution,” wrote the following: “To preserve the Republic, it is in the hands of the people. We have staked the whole future of American civilization not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments”.
That’s another thing they evidently aren’t teaching any more. We were founded as a REPUBLIC, not a Democracy. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE! And PLEASE note the reference to the BIG Rules. They weren’t just suggestions you know! Something else that has been removed from education. Why do they even call it that anymore….it’s not educating when you leave out the FACTS!
As with all Americans we “Southerners” get a lot of things wrong. But we have been right on the issue of “State’s Rights” all along. See, southerners had a bit more than just a signature invested in the creation of the Constitution, itself. There was never any doubt, in our minds, about who “the greater” and who “the lesser” was/is in this association of states and federal government. I must tell you, I am more than a little pleased to find the names of several northern and western states, and even northeastern states, included in the list of the names of the states involved in the State Sovereignty Movement.
On 29 June 2009, Gov. Bredesen signed HJR 108. This is a good thing. What bothers me, is that a ‘resolution’ is not strong enough to carry a whole lot of weight. We can “resolve” all we want, but unless it is acknowledged as a fact, the federal government will continue to dissolve any independence the states have left. Past time to yank the power back, and return it to where it belongs….with the individual states.
Gum Bumping
So, Harman thinks she needs to teach a class to her fellow spineless Democrats, when it comes to “talking tough”. She’s forgotten, however, talk is cheap. Well, except when it comes to Congress. Here’s a novel concept: How about instead of learning how to ‘sound’ tough, when it comes to America’s national security, try actually BEING tough to protect Americans from the onslaught of the illegals, the Muslims, and any home growns? Wouldn’t that be more productive? Hmmmm….?
