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Senate Candidate Zach Poskevich In The Area
When I first met Bob Corker, I thought, perhaps, he really was a conservative. Well, compared to Lamar Alexander, he is…but that’s not saying a whole lot. It’s been over a year since I have heard anything about Corker’s primary opponent….Zach Poskevich….ANY WHERE! Gee, I’m SO shocked. /snark Wouldn’t you think this would be something that the state and local news would cover once in a while? 
Apparently, Mr Poskevich is going to be in the neighborhood. He was around today, but since I wasn’t aware, there’s not much point in posting what’s already past, is there.
Pray tell, why is it when anyone comes to Hardin County, they have to schedule their visit before some people are even functional?? Sheesh! Well, who knows….maybe I’ll be up and about, and take stroll over that way to see what he has to say. 
Harry and The Free Spending Senate
Since the job of serving the people’s best interest is too difficult for the Democrats in the Senate to handle, it would be best for them, and our nation, if they went home…..quietly. We wouldn’t want them to hurt themselves by doing the job they were elected to do, all the while, being paid a pretty good sum in salary and perks. I think we can solve some small financial problems…by firing the lot of them. Seems the Democrats are to lazy to do more than collect their paychecks and whine about Republicans, who are actually trying to DO something to resolve the issues.
What’s the Senate Thinking?
The Foundry
April 29 marks the third year in which the U.S. Senate has not passed a budget — a staggering dereliction of duty, particularly given the country’s near-$16 trillion debt. But that’s not the Senate’s only blockbuster failure under the leadership of Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). From spending to jobs to energy policy, the Senate has totally dropped the ball, leaving one to wonder, “What’s the Senate thinking?”
But it’s not just a matter of a simple failure or benign neglect, like forgetting to take out the trash. The way some in the Senate are behaving is equivalent to buying a dog but then deliberately choosing not to feed it. These men and women sought elective office, won a seat in the Senate and now have the power to take action to confront America’s problems. But under the leadership of Majority Leader Reid, they’re making the choice not to do so.
“Laziest In 20 Years”
Senate Democrats Once Again Violate Federal Law, Refuse to Offer Budget
Yesterday we pushed out a story about Obama’s No-Plan, No-Budget Plan and his complete loss of reality. Today we find out he’s not alone. His fellow ilk in the Senate apparently feel no need to actually do what they were elected to do. Senate Democrats will not submit a budget before November of 2012.
Note: Title of post comes from Washington Examiner. This is what we get from the ‘leadership’ of Runnin’ Harry Reid, one of the most useless human beings on the planet.
A History Lesson – January 3, 2007
Whether or not you like Bush 43, facts are facts! There are some who would love to change history to suit their agenda, but thankfully, there are enough of us who know the truth, and will do our utmost to keep the facts in the foreground!
The day the Democrats took over was not January 20, 2009, it was actually January 3, 2007, the day the Democrats took over the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the very start of the 110th Congress. The Democrat Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995. For those who are listening to liberals propagating the fallacy that everything is “Bush’s Fault”, think about this:
On January 3, 2007, the day the Democrats took control of Congress:
The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77
The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%
The Unemployment rate was 4.6%
George Bush’s Economic policies had SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB CREATION!
Remember that day…?
January 3rd, 2007 was the day Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee. The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy?
BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES! THANK YOU DEMOCRATS (especially Barney), for taking us from 13,000 DOW, 3.5 GDP and 4.6% Unemployment to this CRISIS by (among MANY other things) dumping 5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic loans on the economy from YOUR Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac FIASCOES!
(BTW: Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie – starting in 2001 because it was financially risky for the US economy. Barney blocked it and called it a “Chicken Little Philosophy”, but…the sky did fall!)
And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac? OBAMA!!!
And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie? OBAMA and the Democrat Congress, especially BARNEY!!!!
So when someone tries to blame Bush… REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007…. THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER!
Bush may have been in the car, but the Democrats were in charge of the gas pedal and steering wheel while they were driving the economy into the ditch. Budgets are not passed in the White House. They are passed by Congress, and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 (until the 2010 election and the Republicans took the majority in the House) is the Democrat Party.
Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for 2008 & 2009, as well as 2010 & 2011. Obama has now gone more than 1,000 days without a budget, and is still blaming it on the Republicans! In that first year, Congress had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending when Bush, somewhat belatedly, got tough on spending increases.
For FY 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid bypassed “Lame Duck President” George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009 budget. And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of those massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete 2009. Let’s remember what the deficits looked like during that period:
If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.
If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself and a Democratic Congress.
In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is: “I inherited a deficit that I voted for, and then I expanded that deficit four-fold since January 20th 2009.”
Of course, the left will do all they can to silence the truth, but as Jesus said in John 8:32, “…And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
“The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.”
Shared by Sharon, with a few additions of my own.
The ‘Do Nothing’ Senate – 1,064 Days
While the House has pass bill after bill, addressing some of our biggest problems, there is a certain senator from Nevada who has closed the door, locked it, and thrown away all the keys that might help our economy get back on track. For this reason, the Republicans need…MUST…take control of both houses. While some Republicans are no better than Do Nothing Reid (formerly known as Runnin’ Reid) at least we know that Republicans are capable of coming up with some common sense solutions. It is going to take some drastic measures to get off the track to socialism, and back on the track of freedom, and there will be whining. Let them whine! The spending has got to stop, and we have got to become responsible for our own well being through blood, sweat and tears if need be. As I told Rep Blackburn at her last townhall here, it’s the House that controls the purse strings, why are they not slapping some big hands and slamming the lid shut on the cookie jar?
Another Vision to Solve the Budget Crisis
The Foundry
While Washington’s eyes are focused on the historic Obamacare hearings at the Supreme Court, work continues across the street in the House of Representatives where some Members of Congress — though not all — are doing their best to clean up Washington’s budgetary mess.
It has now been 1,064 days since the U.S. Senate passed a budget, the national debt is nearing $16 trillion, and the deficit is at $3 trillion. In the face of this mess, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) yesterday unveiled its plan to balance the budget in five years, and it does so with entitlement reforms, sharp and aggressive spending cuts, avoiding tax hikes, including pro-growth tax reform, and providing for a strong national defense.
Harry Reid – Feckless Weasel
Harry Reid Opts for Political Theater on Judicial Nominees
The Foundry
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has rightfully earned the reputation of running a do-nothing Senate. More than 1,000 days have elapsed since the upper chamber approved a budget. He’s currently ignoring the House-passed JOBS Act and actively opposing steps to lower gas prices.
Now, in a blatant political stunt, Reid is attempting to blame the Republican minority for the Senate’s failure to confirm 17 of President Obama’s district court nominees.
“Republicans have refused to allow us to even vote — won’t even allow us to vote — on these qualified judicial nominees,” Reid declared. “Republicans have prevented the Senate from doing its constitutional duty and that’s what it is.”
Reid should be commended for his hyperbole.
Let’s begin with the fact that Reid is majority leader, the one who sets the Senate’s agenda and determines the floor schedule. So if Reid is unsatisfied with the pace of progress on Obama’s nominees, then he has only himself to blame.
Tennessee’s RINO Senators!
Alexander, Corker voted in line with Obama more than peers did
You might expect Tennessee’s senators to clash with President Barack Obama on most of their congressional votes.
After all, Republican Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker are no fans of the president’s policies.
After the president’s State of the Union address Tuesday, Alexander nicknamed the nation’s economic doldrums the “Obama economy,” and according to Bloomberg, Corker told its next-day breakfast panel the speech signaled “that for the next year we’re really not going to do much.”
But Alexander and Corker voted in line with Obama’s positions 63 percent and 61 percent of the time last year, respectively — more often than all but a few other Republican senators.
I know I can’t be the only person in the state of Tennessee who KNOWS we need new Senators! Last go round, I couldn’t, in good conscience, vote for Alexander. I didn’t vote for the other guy either. I just left it blank. This time, Corker is up for re-election, and once again, unless we have someone who actually reflects the values of Tennesseans, instead of the elites of D.C., I won’t be able to cast my vote for him either!
I honestly wish we could find a CONSERVATIVE primary challenger. I have asked at least one person I know who would make a great Senator, but he has other obligations right now. 
Perhaps Marsha Blackburn could challenge him? At least she hasn’t fallen so far into the trap of D.C. insider politics, she can’t see the light! Hmm…. I wonder if Stacey Campfield would be up for the challenge? Just a thought!
How can we have any trust in our representatives who vote so overwhelmingly WITH a man/child whose sole purpose seems to be the destruction of our nation? The answer is quite simple. We can’t.
Targeting The Wrong People!
White House sides with TSA in Rand Paul standoff
The White House is standing by the Transportation Security Administration in its standoff with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and his father, Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas)
The elder Paul called the TSA a “police state” Monday after Sen. Paul was reportedly detained by TSA after he refused to take a pat-down from TSA officials at the Nashville International Airport.
I’m not a huge fan of the senior Paul, but when he’s right…he is right! Thanks to the TSA, travel has turned into an ordeal that most rational people try to avoid!
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Monday that he didn’t have any reaction to Paul’s comment about “police state.”
But Carney sided with the TSA saying, “I think it is absolutely essential that we take necessary actions to ensure that air travel is safe.”
Carney is a moron. We are no safer now than we were before the TSA turned into travel Nazis!
“The police state in this country is growing out of control,” the elder Paul said in a statement released by his presidential campaign.
“One of the ultimate embodiments of this is the TSA that gropes and grabs our children, our seniors, and our loved ones and neighbors with disabilities,” he continued. “The TSA does all of this while doing nothing to keep us safe. “That is why my ‘Plan to Restore America,’ in additional to cutting $1 trillion dollars in federal spending in one year, eliminates the TSA.”
I do not believe Ron Paul will be the Republican nominee. Shoot, he’s not even really a Republican, he just runs as one because he couldn’t win any other way. BUT…. I do hope that whoever does get the nomination, and WINS, will remove the power this administration has handed over to these gropers and thieves! Instead of targeting those who WOULD be a danger to fellow passengers, they target a U.S. Senator, and small children. Enough!
More Meddling
Senate targets texting in new ‘distracted driving’ program
The Senate begins work this week on a spending bill that would set up a new $10 million grant program aimed at helping states combat “distracted driving,” which focuses on texting behind the wheel.
“While there is no definitive data as to how many distracted driving deaths and injuries are caused by cell phone use and texting, 20 percent of the drivers involved in fatal accidents in 2009 were either using or in the presence of a cell phone at the time of the crash, and there is reason to be concerned about whether the recent rise in distracted driving fatalities is linked to the increasing use of electronic devices,” according to report language for S. 1596, the 2012 spending bill for the Department of Transportation and other agencies.
Pissing away even more of OUR money. Evidently, using said funds to protect our borders, or shoot, just give it back to us, never occurs to Congress. Seriously? “…in the presence of a cell phone…”? I’m “in the presence” of my cell phone every time I get in my truck. And when the Mr is with me, I’m in the presence of TWO! GASP!
Now, don’t get me wrong…I do think ‘distracted driving’ is a fairly serious issue, however, that is not for the federal government to deal with, it is a state issue. The state makes the laws concerning its roads like speed limits, etc. Unfortunately, the feds have used blackmail to push through their agenda. Anyone else remember the forced 55mph debacle? The feds threatened to withhold funds unless the states complied with their rules. Isn’t it odd how the federal government decided to blackmail states with money that came from….the states?
Here’s a novel concept! How about using that large chunk of change, and actually TEACH good driving habits in those public indoctrination centers? Just glancing through this bill, I want to smack the dog fire out of someone. A few trillion here, several billion there, and the occasional million tossed in for good measure.
I think it’s time to remind Congress, once again, who is in charge, because they obviously have forgotten…..THEY WORK FOR US! And we can fire them!
S.968 – PROTECT IP Act of 2011
The Senate MUST scrap this bill, and if they want to actually do the job they were hired to do, go back to the drawing board! I have already voiced my opinion to both my senators, both of whom are co-sponsors (insert appropriate four lettered words here), and my representative, who is a co-sponsor of SOPA (more appropriate four lettered words).
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011’ or the ‘PROTECT IP Act of 2011’.
SEC 3, b
1) IN GENERAL- On application of the Attorney General following the commencement of an action under this section, the court may issue a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, or an injunction, in accordance with rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, against the nondomestic domain name used by an Internet site dedicated to infringing activities, or against a registrant of such domain name, or the owner or operator of such Internet site dedicated to infringing activities, to cease and desist from undertaking any further activity as an Internet site dedicated to infringing activities, if–
Have they met our current Attorney General? The man is quite off his rocker, and completely anti Constitution. He drops cases that are obviously a violation of our laws, and brings suits against hard working Americans. He’s dangerous. Putting such power in his hands is beyond insane. Putting such power in ANYONE’s hands is beyond comprehension.
Apparently, those we have elected to represent us….don’t. Fortunately, at least one co-sponsor, Marco Rubio, has come to his senses. Will any of the others?
Sponsor
SenatorPatrick LeahyD-VT
- Sen. Lamar Alexander [R, TN]
Added May 25, 2011 - Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R, NH]
Added June 27, 2011 - Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO]
Added July 25, 2011 - Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
Added October 19, 2011 - Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D, CT]
Added May 12, 2011 - Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO]
Added May 23, 2011 - Sen. John Boozman [R, AR]
Added June 15, 2011 - Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
Added December 12, 2011 - Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
Added October 20, 2011 - Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
Added July 13, 2011 - Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]
Added September 07, 2011 - Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]
Added November 02, 2011 - Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
Added June 23, 2011 - Sen. Chris Coons [D, DE]
Added May 12, 2011 - Sen. Bob Corker [R, TN]
Added June 09, 2011 - Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
Added June 30, 2011 - Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY]
Added September 07, 2011 - Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
Added May 12, 2011 - Sen. Al Franken [D, MN]
Added May 12, 2011 - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]
Added May 26, 2011 - Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC]
Added May 12, 2011 - Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA]
Added May 12, 2011 - Sen. Kay Hagan [D, NC]
Added July 05, 2011 - Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT]
Added May 12, 2011 - Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]
Added November 02, 2011 - Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD]
Added October 03, 2011 - Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D, MN]
Added May 12, 2011 - Sen. Herbert Kohl [D, WI]
Added May 12, 2011 - Sen. Mary Landrieu [D, LA]
Added October 17, 2011 - Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
Added July 07, 2011 - Sen. John McCain [R, AZ]
Added July 26, 2011 - Sen. Robert Menéndez [D, NJ]
Added October 31, 2011 - Sen. Jerry Moran [R, KS]
Added June 23, 2011
Wthdrawn June 27, 2011 - Sen. Bill Nelson [D, FL]
Added September 23, 2011 - Sen. James Risch [R, ID]
Added November 07, 2011 - Sen. Marco Rubio [R, FL]
Added May 26, 2011 - Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
Added May 12, 2011 - Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D, NH]
Added June 30, 2011 - Sen. Tom Udall [D, NM]
Added July 07, 2011 - Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]
Added November 07, 2011 - Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
Added May 12, 2011
Harry Reid and Rainbow Farting Unicorns
Sen. Harry Reid’s Unicorns: Fact Checking a Whopper
Tax policy should be serious business carried out by serious politicians using real facts and figures. This is why we have the Library of Congress and the Congressional Budget Office, among other expert institutions.
How can we take Congress seriously when the Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, makes patently inaccurate, outrageous and bizarre claims on an important tax-policy issue without any heads being turned? I guess this is what we have come to expect of Congress. No wonder citizens with favorable opinions of Congress are as rare as unicorns, to borrow a phrase.
Congress’ ratings suck because Congress sucks. It’s pretty much that simple. We have no trust in a body of arrogant back stabbers who are suppose to be working for US, not against us at every turn.
Harry Reid’s statement on December 6 on his proposed 1.9 percent surtax on million-dollar incomes has kicked up some dust. Here is his statement:
“Millionaire job creators are like unicorns. They’re impossible to find, and they don’t exist… Only a tiny fraction of people making more than a million dollars, probably less than 1 percent, are small business owners. And only a tiny fraction of that tiny fraction are traditional job creators…Most of these businesses are hedge fund managers or wealthy lawyers. They don’t do much hiring and they don’t need tax breaks.”
I’m tellin’ ya….this guy needs to be put out to pasture! Millionaire’s don’t create jobs? Really? What has Bill Gates been doing? How about Steve Jobs? I guess they had their own unicorn’s farting rainbows filled with pots of gold, eh? The dud shows all the signs of being either in early onset of Alzheimers or he is just flat out insane, and in need of a heavy dose of thorazine!
Taking their cue, National Public Radio launched a search for one millionaire job creator. They triumphantly announced:
“NPR requested help from numerous Republican congressional offices, including House and Senate leadership. They were unable to produce a single millionaire job creator for us to interview.”
Really? Ya know, I find it absolutely amazing that no matter what we say, we are still funding NPR. What a bunch of useless libtards. And they still beg for more from clueless listeners. I seriously doubt they could survive in the real world where the market actually dictated the need for their, uh….non-services.
Were it not for Google, I would have accepted Harry Reid’s unicorn story and NPR’s confirmation. Unlike Harry Reid’s office, I went to the IRS’s Table 1.4 “Sources of income, adjustments, and tax size of adjusted gross income, 2009” to check things out. (I summarize my sources in a separate blog posting). Here is what I found:
There are 236,883 tax filers with incomes of a million dollars or more. By Harry Reid’s count, only one percent, or 2,361 of them, are business owners, and a tiny fraction of them create jobs. I do not know what Harry means when he says “a tiny fraction of a tiny fraction.” If we let 5 percent represent Harry’s “tiny fraction,” we are left with 118 businesses owners who earn a million or more and create jobs. Yes, they are only slightly less rare than unicorns, if Harry is to be believed.
This leaves 236,765 million-dollar-plus tax payers, most of whom are “hedge fund managers and wealthy lawyers” who “don’t create jobs and don’t need tax breaks.”
I would have to say that Reid’s staff is totally incompetent. But then, so is Reid, so I guess they’re all a good match. Heed the words Mr Reid: Google is your friend. Or if you prefer, Bing will also aid you in your search for a fact or two.
My Google search for Harry Reid’s quarter million hedge fund managers and wealthy lawyers came up empty handed. I could identify at most sixteen thousand “wealthy lawyers and hedge fund managers,” not Harry Reid’s quarter million.
Well, Harry Reid’s numbers leave much to be desired, but maybe he is right that millionaire business owners do not create jobs.
What does the IRS have to say about this? Millionaire tax filers earn a total taxable income of $623 billion, on which they pay the highest average rate (30 percent) of any tax bracket. (Either Warren Buffet’s secretary has an incompetent tax accountant or Buffet has some pretty juicy tax breaks. I think the latter is more likely). A 1.9 percent tax surcharge on million-dollar-earners would yield $11 billion, assuming those shifty millionaires take no evasive action to avoid the tax.
I’m more inclined to say that Warren Buffet has lost what little sense he has, and will soon be sharing a rubber room with Harry Reid. While there are many people who are totally clueless, and will not do any investigation for themselves, there are just as many who WILL. This leaves people like Buffet, Reid, Pelosi, and D’Bama with a dilemma. What to do about the folks who aren’t as stupid as they believe? Well, they are doing their darnedest to silence any dissent from their rainbows and unicorn scenario, of course!
Millionaire tax filers earn $221 billion – almost a quarter of a trillion — from business and professions, partnerships, and S-corporations. This is puzzling: If Harry Reid’s figure is correct (2,361 millionaire businesses), then the average millionaire-owned business earns almost a hundred million dollars, and all, except 118 of them, do this without hiring anyone. These super heroes do their own typing, selling, drafting. public relations, building, and manufacturing. They do not need employees. Remarkable!
I wonder, since Harry Reid has become quite rich off the backs of the taxpayers, does he actually create any private sector jobs? Hmmm… Evidently, all those real business folks have managed to become quite wealthy (good on them) without doing a thing. How can I get into that racket? Not that I care about being rich or anything, but I’d really like to learn how these folks manage it without producing any products that the public wants, or without hiring hundreds or even thousands to not produce anything.
To summarize:
Millionaire tax filers earn almost a quarter trillion dollars from their businesses. They must hire hundreds of thousands of employees to do so.
There are a trivial number of millionaire hedge-fund managers and wealthy lawyers (who, according to Harry, do not hire anyone and don’t need tax breaks). The millionaire tax surcharge is not aimed at them, but at the tens of thousands of millionaire business owners.
To put it in ol’ broad terms…. Harry Reid is full of caca de toro!
Playing The World’s Smallest Violin
‘Waa, No Pizza Night’: Sad Stories Roll In at Request of Obama White House
The White House says it’s been flooded with responses to the question it posed Wednesday: “What does $40 mean to you?”
One day after the White House asked “working” people to “tell us what your family will give up if your (payroll) taxes increase,” the stories are rolling in, including one from a person who worried about not having enough to pay the cable bill — or continue family pizza nights.
“Our cable internet bill is $49 per month. If we lose this payroll tax cut then we will have to give up either (our) internet access or possibly our ‘Friday Family Pizza’ night. Either way, we will lose something that brings us together as a family,” wrote “K.Z” from Frederick, Maryland.
Honestly, I can’t believe there are people in this country that are so freakin’ dense that they actually buy into the large piles of male bovine excrement that continuously come out of this White House and the sad sacks of Congress. It’s truly pathetic!
An extension of the payroll tax cut will save a “typical” family earning $50,000 around $40 a paycheck, the White House says. It also will reduce the only dedicated funding source for Social Security benefits, but only a few people in Washington are talking about that.
If that typical family is making $50K, they aren’t suffering all that much. Some folks really do need to learn how to live without luxuries. And yes, having cable or ‘pizza night’ is a luxury, NOT a necessity of life. Are we truly so spoiled that a mere two month extension of a pitiful ‘tax break’ would so totally ruin our lives that we find it necessary to whine to the White House? This is truly embarrassing, and I’ve no doubt that if people in other countries read this drivel, they’d think even less of us spoiled RICH Americans than they do now….if that’s even possible.
President Obama and his fellow Democrats are blaming House Republicans for the current stalemate over extending the payroll tax cut. The House bill calls for a year-long extension; but the Senate passed a bill extending it for two months. Unless the two bills are reconciled by the end of the year, the payroll tax will go up.
Naturally D’Bama blames others. I think I’d be totally shocked if he, just ONCE, took responsibility of his own actions. And heaven knows, the Senate Dems, led by one of the most weaselly beings on the planet, can’t possibly tell the truth about this whole issue. 2 months from the Dem controlled Senate VS a full year from the Republican controlled House….which one makes more sense? To the left, naturally 2 months of a break is so much better than a full year. Why? Because they are feckless morons who want YOUR money. Of course, the left stream media is all over this, right? Pointing out the difference between the two plans? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Ok, stupid question. I admit it.
Some conservative Republicans say the payroll tax cut extension is a bad idea, period, because it siphons money from the Social Security Trust Fund.
What a novel concept. A Social Security Trust Fund. Problem is….there is no “Trust Fund”. Congress has been so busy spending money that was intended to be returned to the person who paid it in, that there is nothing left for the future. How many older people bought into the idea that S.S. was going to fund their retirement? Likely way more than the population of the State of Texas!
Wolf called the payroll tax extension a “raid on Social Security, which is already going broke,” and he noted that the money paid into the system now — through payroll taxes — pays benefits for existing retirees.
“Granting another tax holiday is unwise. It puts the existing benefits of those 55 million Americans who currently receive Social Security at risk to continue a failed ‘stimulus’ policy,” Wolf said.
*shakes head* We don’t need another ridiculous scheme from Congress. Both sides of the aisle has been playing fast and lose with our money for way too long. We need a TOTAL tax system overhaul. You jackwipes in D.C. need to pull your collective heads out of you collective hinders and realize, we ain’t as stupid as you believe us to be! We are quite well aware of your irresponsible behavior, year in, and year out. And ya know what? We are DAMN SICK OF IT! The behavior of BOTH parties has been down right criminal, and the vast majority of y’all should be behind bars! Stealing is a crime, you know!
The Senate Fails The People….. Again!
Senators, Do Your Job and Get to Work
The Foundry
On the front page of the White House’s website, a clock slowly ticks away, second by second, counting down to the day, hour, minute, and second that the nation’s payroll tax “holiday” expires and the American people get socked right where it counts — in the pocket book. And just next to that clock is a message laying the blame squarely on the House of Representatives. But today the real culprit in this debacle is the U.S. Senate which, right now, is home for the holidays already, celebrating with family while Washington sits in a stalemate.
In a rare appearance in the White House press room yesterday, President Barack Obama reiterated his message, blaming Washington’s inaction on “a faction of Republicans in the House” and their “refusal to cooperate” with the Senate — as if it’s the job of Members of Congress to go along and get along for the sake of advancing the President’s agenda, regardless of whether it’s the right move for America. As a reminder, this is the same President who has not met with House Republican leadership in five months and is now praising the grand accomplishment of a Senate that has failed to pass a budget for nearly 1,000 days under Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) direction.
It’s Not Your “Job”!
How ‘Job Creators’ Are Fighting Back
by John Stossel
Some politicians claim that politicians create jobs.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says, “My job is to create jobs.”
What hubris! Government has no money of its own. All it does is take from some people and give to others. That may create some jobs, but only by leaving less money in the private sector for job creation.
Actually, it’s worse than that. Since government commandeers scarce resources by force and doesn’t have to peddle its so-called services on the market to consenting buyers, there’s no feedback mechanism to indicate if those services are worth more to people than what they were forced to go without.
The only people who create real, sustainable jobs are in private businesses — if they’re unsubsidized.
Please read the whole column here.
I am constantly baffled by the Democrat politicians. There is no logic in their way of thinking. I’m not really sure where they got the idea that government was a job creator, when in truth, they are a job killer! Between Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and B. Hussein, more jobs have been killed than in my memory. They have not learned from their own mistakes, much less those of others.
That absurd ‘stimulus’ bill that was suppose to stimulate the economy and get Americans working again, did nothing of the sort. It took money from us, and gave it to people who would be obligated to the government, not the hard working Americans whose pockets were picked. And the majority of our money went for some of the most ridiculous things known to mankind. $219,779,694,062 was given out in grants. Grants, not loans….GRANTS. Not one penny will ever have to be returned to the tax payers. They call this ‘creating jobs’? There are more than 10,000 pages of grants on their website. A great many were handed out by the Department of Eduction, and the Department of Labor. Why was so much handed out to the union thugs at SEIU? That speaks volumes!
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Along with some seriously “blue states”, it also appears Governor Perry’s state received quite a chunk of change, as well. Just sayin’.
We were told that the unemployment rate would never go above 8%. Problem is, it hasn’t gone BELOW 8% pretty much since Obama has been in office. The major decline started when the Democrats took over the House and the Senate in 2006. The only reason that it has now dropped below 9% is because people have given up looking, they are no longer applying for unemployment, so aren’t counted in the Department of Labor’s statistics. The REAL number of unemployed, or under employed is closer to 22%.
Corporations, as a whole, are NOT evil. Corporations were created by men and women who risked everything to get a company going, to hire people, to provide services and goods for the consumers, which in turn grows said business, and creates more jobs. It really isn’t that complicated. If a little ol’ broad, sitting in her jammies in Podunk Tennessee can figure this out, why is it those over paid, over educated bozos in Washington D.C. can’t?
Are some corporations ‘evil’? No, but the people who run them may very well be! I understand business ethics is no longer a requirement for a business degree, or a law degree either. Hmm… Makes you wonder, doesn’t it! There are people who believe they are allowed to take money from businesses, and put it their own pocket. Hopefully, the majority of them end up in jail, as they are stealing from the employees and the stock holders who put their faith in a feckless weasel.
On the other hand, there are corporations that started out as a small family business. The business grew thanks to the ethical behavior of it’s owners. They employed more and more people, the company turned into a big corporation, and that big corporation in turn, employees a WHOLE lot of people. As long as unions don’t get their fingers in the pie, odds are, with smart management, that corporation will continue to grow and continue to employee hundreds, or even thousands of people.
So Mr Reid, if you are serious about creating jobs, would you kindly GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY, and allow private businesses to do what they do best! I have found nothing in the Constitution that states the Senate has the power, or duty, to create jobs. Nope…not your job at all!
S 1867 – Sec 1031 AND 1032
TN Senators Allow Obama To Hold US Citizens Without Trial Indefinitely (Corker + Alexander)
Two Republican Senators from Tennessee voted in favor of allowing President Obama to imprison US citizens indefinitely without trial on Tuesday the 29th of February. The amendment to remove the Constitutionally offensive section of the bill was proposed to the National Defense Authorization Act and voted down 38-60. The only Republicans voting for the removal of the “indefinite detainment” section of the bill were Senators Rand Paul (KY) and Mark Kirk (IL) More details of the bill and amendment itself can be found at this blog post.
Senate Bill 1867, Amendment is #1062 and would eliminate Section 1031 which states:
“Congress affirms that the authority of the President to use all necessary and appropriate force…includes the authority for the Armed Forces of the United States to detain covered persons…Detention under the law of war without trial”
Now, what is not included is the next Section 1032:
CUSTODY PENDING DISPOSITION UNDER LAW OF WAR.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (4), the Armed Forces of the United States shall hold a person described in paragraph (2) who is captured in the course of hostilities authorized by the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107–40) in military custody pending disposition under the law of war.
(2) COVERED PERSONS.—The requirement in paragraph (1) shall apply to any person whose detention is authorized under section 1031 who is determined—
(A) to be a member of, or part of, al-Qaeda or an associated force that acts in coordination with or pursuant to the direction of al-Qaeda; and
(B) to have participated in the course of planning or carrying out an attack or attempted attack against the United States or its coalition partners.
Now, here is the really important part:
APPLICABILITY TO UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND LAWFUL RESIDENT ALIENS.—
(1) UNITED STATES CITIZENS.—The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States.
(2) LAWFUL RESIDENT ALIENS.—The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to a lawful resident alien of the United States on the basis of conduct taking place within the United States, except to thee xtent permitted by the Constitution of the United States.
Not being a Constitutional scholar, by any stretch of the imagination, I can’t say for sure, but it appears to me that Sec. 1032 clarifies issues that Sec. 1031 brings up, which a whole lot of folks, including the ACLU, are having a few problems with. I guess I need to ask P/H for her expert opinion, eh?
For your reading pleasure, the whole bill is here. All 682 pages. And here is how they voted.
H/T: Paula
