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Suck It Up America!
While we’re all pinching pennies, and considering the future, The ONE is showing hypocrisy in the most gaudy way possible…..with major flash!
Now, I don’t know about you, but I think that £20,000 ($29,797.35) could be put to better use. I mean, didn’t he present himself as one of the ‘little people’? Well, I’m spoiled rotten, but even I could think of something a WHOLE lot more useful than a piece of jewelry. Yes, I did say that, so don’t anyone have a heart attack….Mr…..Brat….even Ick!
For 30 grand, a nice new truck (tax and title included) would be extremely useful, especially when they have to plant some crops on the White House lawn, or raise a few sheep, to feed all those folks they’ll have to entertain.
Me? I wouldn’t mind a red one of these.
It’s cheaper than that ring, and actually performs a function.
Now, normally, I’d say it’s his money, and he can do what he wants with it, but since he’s decided our money is actually his/the government’s, perhaps we should have a say in how he spends it? Just a thought. Besides, it’s not that pretty a ring. 
H/T: HolyCoast
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Mini Obamarama
Swiped from The Confidentials
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I Have Seen It All!!!
Are you f**king kidding me??? On the off chance you want to get your hands on one of the limited edition 25th anniversary Cabbage Patch Kids, they are being auctioned off on Ebay. Sales will be going to Toys For Tots. I will keep my opinions about this to myself, well because I am a guest. Is it November 4th yet?? *shakes head*
*Posted By Ick*
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Voter Fraud The Norm In Memphis
I gotta tell ya, when I read this column in the Memphis Commercial Appeal, I was EXTREMELY surprised. Not that it was written, but that the paper actually allowed it to be seen on it’s website. The CA is notorious for it’s LEFT lean. Sometimes, I’m surprised if any of it’s reporters can stand up straight, the lean is so pronounced.
A Right Perspective: Seemingly anything goes at the local polls
Remember the movie “The Sixth Sense,” where the boy saw dead people? Big deal!
I don’t know about the rest of the country, but we’ve seen dead people voting around these parts on election day before.
According to recent news reports, the ACORN organization has registered the same man 73 times and Mickey Mouse at least once. In Memphis, that’s routine, isn’t it?
Read the rest here.
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Beyond Creepy!
I saw this video at Jenn’s place earlier today. It was seriously eery! I got distracted by life, so didn’t post it. It seems the word is spreading though, so now would be a good time to share.
When the brain washed little pikers start singing “Obama loves me…this I know”….. Maybe DCS should take a good look at the parents!
Also posting:
Stop the ACLU
The Anchoress
Michelle Malkin
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A Reminder To Those On The Left
I’m like a lot of folks in that I think the war in Iraq took a wrong turn somewhere along the way. We won, then, things went downhill. I wonder if it would have been different if those who wanted to rewrite their own history would have stood up for our troops, and our country, instead of giving in to their BDS?
Isn’t it odd that those who swear to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States are so embroiled in their own hatred for the POTUS that they’d rather see the U.S. destroyed, rather than admit Bush was right initially? Just wondering.
And yes, I do think we should have finished the job in Afghanistan first! That doesn’t change the fact that we went. We can play the ‘what ifs’ game all day long, but Americans don’t quit. Well, REAL Americans don’t!
So, now that there has been serious improvements in Iraq, are the nay sayers going to do another about face, and claim credit? You know, “the war is lost” Reid types?
Thanks for the video, Connie. 
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Reid Is Deranged!
What the hell is wrong with that man! Listening to him talk, if you were stupid enough to believe anything that comes out of his mouth, you’d think this whole mess started with anyone that had an “R” behind their name. I’m not prone to violence, but the temptation to smack the crap out of him gets stronger every time he opens his mouth. He should know no one speak comprehensively when your head is shove so far up your ass!
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To The Taxpayer: SCREW YOU!
Foreign banks want to be covered by U.S. bailout
It looks as if the American financial bailout may be going global, a move that could raise its cost and intensify scrutiny by Congress and critics.
Foreign banks, which were originally excluded from the plan, lobbied successfully over the weekend to be able to sell the toxic American mortgage debt owned by their American branches to the U.S. Treasury, getting the same treatment as U.S. banks.
Whoa!!! Wait a minute! Does this mean OUR tax dollars are going to bail out banks in Paris? London? Who knows where else? Excuse me???? I really hope like hell I read that wrong, but if I didn’t, a LOT of someones better start hiding under their desks! Just who the hell is in charge? WE ARE! It’s about damn time they remember that!
There was no estimate on how much that might add to the $700 million proposal that some economists already say could top $1 trillion.
On Sunday, congressional Democrats also began putting their fingerprints on the proposal, pushing for assistance for distressed homeowners and for oversight authority of the bailout program.
$1,000,000,000,000? Do I have enough zeroes there? Just because they can print money at will, doesn’t mean that piece of paper is going to be worth the price of printing it.
“Congress will respond to the financial markets crisis by taking action this week in a bipartisan manner that will protect the taxpayers’ interests,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. She added that the administration’s proposal did “not include the necessary safeguards. Democrats believe a responsible solution should include independent oversight, protections for homeowners and constraints on excessive executive compensation.”
Since this woman is as clueless as the rest of her cronies, I wish she wouldn’t open her mouth. Let the grownups deal with the problems. Are there any grownups in D.C.? I’m starting to wonder.
“We have a global financial system, and we are talking very aggressively with other countries around the world, and encouraging them to do similar things, and I believe a number of them will,” Mr. Paulson said on Sunday.
The “One World” types have really done a job, haven’t they. While many thought it would be a ‘charismatic world leader’ who screwed us all over, it turns out to be banks. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised.
“I’m skeptical of the bailout, the whole bill is only a couple of pages long,” said Rep. Scott Garrett, R-N.J., who is a member of the House Financial Services Committee.
Does he mean if a bill isn’t thousands of pages, with a lot of useless, or misleading language, it’s no good? Honestly, I’ve never understood why they can’t just say what they mean. Although, that of course, would have people who actually understand simple English up in arms. That aside, I’m more than skeptical of bailing out every company that screws up so badly they file for bankruptcy, even though their head honchos end up walking away with millions.
The Bush administration widened the scope of its $700 billion plan to avert a financial meltdown by including assets other than mortgage-related securities.
The U.S. Treasury submitted revised guidance to Congress on its plan Sunday, referring to its proposal to purchase so-called troubled assets, a change from its original plan for investments tied to home loans, according to a document obtained by Bloomberg News and confirmed by a congressional aide.
The change suggests the inclusion of instruments such as car and student loans, and credit card debt. That may force an increase in the cost of the package.
This is not the country where I was born, where success or failure depended on hard work and honest business practices. Feckless ‘businessmen’ can now screw over the company, the stock holders, and the employees with the knowledge that the U.S. gubmint will take care of it all, not just within our borders, but world wide.
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
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Hey….B. Hussein…..Pay Attention!
From Gateway Pundit:
Bush Called For Reform of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac 17 Times in 2008 Alone… Dems Ignored Warnings
For many years the President and his Administration have not only warned of the systemic consequences of financial turmoil at a housing government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) but also put forward thoughtful plans to reduce the risk that either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac would encounter such difficulties. President Bush publicly called for GSE reform 17 times in 2008 alone before Congress acted.
Unfortunately, these warnings went unheeded, as the President’s repeated attempts to reform the supervision of these entities were thwarted by the legislative maneuvering of those who emphatically denied there were problems.
The White House released this list of attempts by President Bush to reform Freddie Mae and Freddie Mac since he took office in 2001.
Unfortunately, Congress did not act on the president’s warnings:
See the numerous warnings here.
I haven’t been a big fan of Bush for a while now, but this blaming every single thing that goes wrong on him, instead of behaving like grownups, and accepting responsibility for their own actions….or lack there of, is beyond juvenile!
When the Dems took control of the Congress, I remember, just like everyone else, Pelosi talking about being the ‘most ethical Congress ever’. Well, even though the Republicans will have to take their share of the blame for the mess we’re in, if Pelosi and Reid had an ounce of intergrity, they both would have worked with the president to resolve the issues. What did they do instead? How did they spend a good chunk of their time, and their taxpayer salaries?
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The First Volley
Troopergate Investigator Stephen Branchflower has been slapped with two lawsuits, one by a group of Alaskan residents who believe his inquiry represents an abuse of their tax dollars and the other by five Republican lawmakers who called Branchflower’s tactics “McCarthyistic.”
Both suits were filed at the Third Judicial District in Anchorage on Tuesday.
Citizens Robert Bettishworth, James Dodson, Seth Church, David Eichler, Thomas Temple and Alan Simmons complained the $100,000 allocated to determine whether Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin abused her power in firing of a political appointee is “a statutorily unauthorized waste of public monies.”
The citizen suit raised doubts about Branchflower’s neutrality, citing public statements from the investigator’s “Project Director” Democratic Sen. Hollis French.
French, who is actively supporting Barack Obama’s presidential candidacy, handpicked Branchflower to conduct an investigation to determine whether Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin violated ethics rules in firing Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. French has publicly said he expects Branchflower’s inquiry to culminate in an “October surprise” that would hurt Palin’s chances of becoming vice president in November.
If anyone thought this so called investigation was anything other than a fishing expedition by the Dhimmis, delusional is an understatement.
I think this is citizens finally fighting back again the obvious abuse of their elected officials, and it’s GREAT! We should ALL start fighting back, and there’s a LONG list of abuses all over the country.
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