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The One Trick Pony Is Getting Tired

 
Barack Obama is bound and determined not to let anyone or anything get in the way of his plan to nationalize health care.  He is the one who undertook this.  He is the one who decided to make it his sink-or-swim, signature issue.  He has no one to blame but himself. 
 
Last week, he spoke before a joint session of congress.  Why?  Because it was the only way he could get on national TV.  The networks are getting mighty tired of him commandeering the airwaves, cutting into their ad revenue at a time when that revenue is getting harder and harder to come by.   Over the weekend, he took his campaign to Milwaukee. 
 
And campaign is the exact right word.  He's been real good at going everywhere apologizing for America, which is pretty rude considering that America was paying his way.  He's been real good at blaming Bush for everything that is wrong.  He's been real good at trying to undo everything Bush did to keep us safe.  This is the behavior of someone running for office, not of one who already has it. 
 
Unfortunately, it's become glaringly apparent that Mr. Hope and Change is only good at one thing:  speechifying.  He seems to think that all he needs to do is pop up every now and then, give a speech, and everyone will ooh and aah and give him whatever he wants.  This is not leadership.  This is narcissism.  And it's failing. 
 
As I said, the networks are getting fed up with his constant need for attention, as are we.  Viewership of his prime time talkers goes down with each one.  A Washington Post poll taken after the latest one showed that 54% of those polled said that the more they heard about the plan, the less they liked it, higher than when Hillary tried to take over health care in 1994.  Over the weekend, tens of thousands (one estimate:  2 million) of people marched in DC, not just against his health care plan but against all of his plans, especially the one that is putting us in debt in perpetuity. 
 
But, since he's only good at one thing, that is the only thing he can keep on doing.  A speech last Wednesday.  A speech over the weekend.  60 Minutes on Sunday.  A speech today on Wall Street. 
 
Watching him has become like watching a singer who has lost his voice but won't admit it.  Sad.  It would be ridiculous to say that Obama is already a has been, but that one trick pony is getting mighty tired.
 
 
 
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Winners of the Week

 
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), who shouted out the truth during Obama's speech to a joint session of congress, and Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), who walked out before the speech was over. 
 
The Left was quick to say how wrong this was, even though Republicans heckled Clinton and democrats booed Bush 43 during similar events.  Harry Reid (D-NV) called Bush 43 a liar.  Al Gore (D-La La Land) said that Bush 43 betrayed this country.  How many on the Left and Far Left lined up to blame Bush 43 for 9/11. 
 
We on the Right have got to remember that dissent is only patriotic when democrats are sticking it to a Republican.  When Republicans are sticking it to a democrat, then it's un-American and, nowadays, racist. 
 
Respect is earned, it is not demanded.  Barack Obama hasn't done a darn thing to earn the respect of anybody, all the while doing plenty to earn the disrespect of many. 
 
There is a saying in the legal community, set forth by the great Witkin himself, that the bar (attorneys) has as much right to respect from the bench (judges) as the bench does from the bar.  Unfortunately, that is far too often not the case.  So it is here.  Nobody, up to and including the President of the United States, has the right to tell bald-faced lies to the American public and expect, let alone demand, that everybody sit quiet and let him do it. 
 
I believe that these congressmen exhibited great courage in what they did.  We need a heckuva lot more of what they did and a heckuva lot less stupid protocol.
 
 
 
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A Day of Remembrance

 
 
 
We must never forget.  We must never tire.  We must never falter.  We must never give up.  We must not fail.
 
 
 
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Too Stupid to Know How Stupid They Are

 
America is in real trouble right now.  Congress just might do something that will affect every man, woman, and child in this country . . . and not for the better . . . and not for the reasons you might think.  I refer, of course, to health care "reform" with the public option. 

Not knowing exactly what the end result is going to be, but not taking any chances, Congress has already voted to exempt itself from whatever it decides to force on us.  So, like Osama bin Laden hiding in his cave, sending others out to die, Congress is perfectly content to let others bear the brunt of its policies. 

Right now, members of Congress can choose from a host of private plans that are available.  The fact that they want to take that choice away from us bothers them not in the least.  They think that what they are doing will never affect them, except maybe at election time.   They live in a fool's paradise.

People are going to do what saves them money.  People are going to desert private insurance once they find out that the public option is cheaper.  Government subsidies are being included for just this purpose.  And, businesses are going to choose the public option for their employees for the same reason.  As more and more people leave, premiums will have to go up, which will cause more and more people to leave, which will cause premiums to go up . . . 

The bottom line is:  there soon won't be any private plans left from which members of Congress can choose.  Eventually, they will be in the same boat as the rest of us.  They will, of course, cut to the front of the line, demand better treatment than will be available to us, and suck up all the money, but they will still have no choice but the public option. 

This leads me to the second problem.  When all the private companies go belly up, where are the employees going to go?  Are they going to go work for the government health care bureaucracy?  If so, then the program is going to cost a heckuva lot more than it is estimated to cost now, which is a heckuva lot less than it's actually going to cost. Already, it is being stated that the $1 trillion price tag is 100% too low.

This leads me to the third problem.  All the billions now flowing into the private sector via health care premiums are going to disappear into the black hole of government.  Social Security was sold to Americans as a savings account program.  But when the thieves on Capitol Hill saw all that money flowing in, they couldn't resist its siren song.  Pretty soon, they were using the money for whatever they felt like and told us they were "investing" it for us.  Compared to Congress, Bernie Madoff is a piker, which brings up an interesting point.  Madoff did on a small scale what Congress has been doing on a large scare for decades now.  So, why is Madoff in prison.  How can something be illegal if Congress . . . the highest body of lawmakers in the country . . . is doing it?  But, I digress.

Congress could very well do something that will, all at the same time:  (1) strain an already overburdened economy with trillions more in debt, (2) increase unemployment at a time when it is already at a 26-year high, and (3) remove billions from the private sector at a time when it is needed more than ever.
 
 
 
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Losers of the Week

 
Charles Rangel (D) for giving campaign contributions to three members of the Ethics Committee, which is currently investigating him for his wanton acts of fraud and deceit.
 
Joseph Biden (D) for saying that that stimulus is "doing more, faster and more efficiently and more effectively than most people expected" and that it "saved or created 150,000 jobs in the first 100 days".   Before signing the porkulus bill, Obama promised that without the bill, unemployment would rise to 9%, but that with the bill, unemployment would peak at 8%.  Wrong, on both counts.  With the bill, unemployment is flirting with 10%, is at its highest level in 26 years, and is at its highest level ever for teens. 
 
Since January 2009, 3 million jobs have been lost.  Peter Morici, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Business predicts that unemployment will top 10% by the end of the year and that more than 7 million jobs will be lost before the recession ends.
 
Barack Hussein Obama (D) for leaving for another vacation just two days after returning from one, emerging only long enough to declare that September is National Wilderness Month. 
 
For deciding to deliver yet another primetime speech in the hopes of ginning up support for his plan to socialize health care in America. There is only one thing that BO is good at:  reading the words that others have written.  And, God help us, he is going to keep on doing that, no matter how sick we get of seeing him. 
 
Like Josiah Bartlett (The West Wing) and David Palmer (24), Obama isn't really president, he just plays one on TV.
 
 
 
 
 
   
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It Has Begun

 
"The fact of the matter is, though, that on this bill, we have said (a) it will be paid for.  It will be paid for.  And if it's not paid for, I'm not going to vote for it."
 
So said Steny Hoyer (D-MD), #2 man in the House. Since the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated that the legislation that came out of the Ways and Means Committee would increase the deficit by $239 billion over 10 years, even if taxes were raised by $583 billion,* Mr. Hoyer has just given himself an out on Obamacare. 
 
Instead of having to vote for a bill that is immensely unpopular - and that might actually cause him some grief come election time - all he has to do is say, "It wasn't paid for," vote no, and he's in the clear.   
 
So begins the walkaway from Obama.
 
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*  The $9 trillion deficit that Obama is racking up is nothing but an estimate, and a low one at that.  The deficit will only be $9 trillion if the economy comes roaring back.  If it stays bad, the deficit will be larger than $9 trillion.  At some point in time, people are going to start saying, "That's real money" and the people who gave it to us are going to be in big trouble.
 
 
 
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H1N1 Police State

 
In case you haven't heard, the swine flu has invaded America.  As of this date, there have been some 550 deaths in America.  Meanwhile, doctors and other health care providers are killing about 2,000 people a week.  Of whom are you more afraid? 
 
But I digress.  A scientific advisory panel has just sent a report to the White House saying that it was possible that anywhere from 30% to 50% of the American population could catch swine flu, resulting in 30,000 to 90,000 deaths. 
 
Let's see.  The population is 300,000,000, which would mean a death rate of between  .01% and .03%.  Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said we won't see those kinds of numbers unless the virus mutates.  In other words, 30,000 to 90,000 is high. 
 
Nonetheless, states are already putting plans into effect.  Iowa has drafted a pre-printed form that says:  "The Iowa Department of Public Health has determined that you have had contact with a person with Novel Influenza A H1N1.  The Department has determined that it is necessary to quarantine your movement to a specific facility to prevent further spread of the disease.  The Department has determined that quarantine in your home and other less restrictive alternatives are not acceptable."  So, your name goes on the form and away you go to some quarantine facility until The State decides that you can go home again. 
 
The Massachusetts senate has passed "Pandemic Response Bill 2028" which states: 
 
*  the owner or occupier of any premises is required to permit entry into and investigation of the premises 
 
*  any building or facility can be closed or evacuated for decontamination, to be re-opened only when the "danger has passed" 
 
*  any material can be decontaminated or destroyed 
 
*  ingress to and egress from any stricken or threatened public area can be controlled, as can the movements of people within such areas
 
*  in-state health care providers are required to assist in the performance of vaccination, treatment, examination, or testing of any individual as a condition of licensure, authorization, or the ability to continue to function as a health care provider in the state
 
*  to collect and perform tests on any animal, dead or alive 
 
All public health authorities will be required to keep records of the names and addresses of all people who have been reported, as well as the name of the person who reported them. 
 
"Law enforcement authorities, upon order of the commissioner or his agent or at the request of a local public health authority pursuant to such order, shall assist emergency medical technicians or other appropriate medical personnel in the involuntary transportation of such person to the tuberculosis treatment center.  No law enforcement authority or medical personnel shall be held criminally or civilly liable as a result of an act or omission carrried out in good faith in reliance on said order." 
 
Failure to comply with an isolation or quarantine order in the event of a health emergency can result in imprisonment for up to 30 days and a $1,000 a day fine. 
 
Let's recap.  You can be whisked away to a quarantine facility on the "report" of somebody else.  Your home can be entered and searched and materials destroyed.  Your animals can be taken away from you.  A police state is being set up because of a disease that might - might - kill between .01% and .03% of the population, but only if it mutates into something worse than it is now. 
 
In the event all this comes to pass, I think it would be mighty interesting to know the political affiliations of those people "involuntarily" transported to Gitmo, USA.  And, if the material to be destroyed includes guns.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Gun Control

 
The following has been sent to me several times, and I feel it is important to pass on: 

In 1911, Turkey established gun control.  From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and killed. 

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control.  From 1929 to 1953, 20 million people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and killed. 

In 1935, China established gun control.  From 1949 to 1952, 20 million people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and killed.  

In 1956, Cambodia established gun control.  From 1975 to 1977, 1 million people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and killed. 

In 1970, Uganda established gun control.  From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and killed. 

Total:  42.8 million

A few years back, Australia enacted an ambitious, expensive new law:  everyone had to turn in their guns, which were then subsequently destroyed.  It cost the Australians $500 million to completely disarm themselves. 

Instead of the utopia the yahoos who formulated, enacted, and enforced this plan hoped for, crime has gone up.  Why? Because the criminals didn't turn in their guns and now, they have an unarmed populace to prey on.  What really boggles the mind is the concept that people who are too stupid to know this would happen are actually in charge of running a country. 

It has been shown over and over again that the cities with the most restrictive gun laws have the most gun crime.  Criminals pray for such gun laws, while well-educated, overpaid morons scratch their heads and search for answers. 

Right now, except for the union thugs who are being bussed in to harass law-abiding citizens at townhall meetings, the Second American Revolution is proceeding pretty orderly.  That will cease when the round up of our guns begins.

It could very well be that Obama has overplayed his hand, though.  Instead of a docile, adoring flock of sheep hanging on his every word, We the People have risen up and said we don't like what's going on.  Obama, completely unused to such a situation, is flailing wildly and failing spectacularly.  Of presidents in the modern era, only Clinton had a lower approval rating at this point in his presidency. 

It could very well be that Obama won't be able to get his Civilian National Security Force, his own personal KGB, up and running in time to take away our guns. 

Of course, things change.  But we can only hope.
 
 
 
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Losers of the Week

 
Columnist Eugene Robinson for saying "Ted Kennedy" and "moral clarity" in the same sentence without "lack of". 

That living, breathing, walking, talking one-man crime spree by the name of Charles B. Rangel (D-NY).  When last I reported on Good Time Charlie, he was under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for the following: 

1.   Failing to report more than $75,000 in income over 20 years on beachfront property he owns in the Dominican Republic.  His excuses were, chronologically:  (1)  the people there didn't speak English; (2) it was his wife's fault; and (3) he didn't know he had to report this as income.  This from the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee - the committee that writes tax law.

2.  Using a rent-controlled apartment in New York for an office. 

3.  Using congressional stationary to raise funds to build a monument to himself, for which he subsequently secured a $1.9 million earmark. 

4.  Owning property in Florida that he never disclosed on his congressional financial disclosure forms.

5.  Receiving an interest-free loan that he never disclosed. 

6.  Leaving his unlicensed, unregistered, uninsured Mercedes in the House underground parking garage for years without paying the $290 per month parking fee.  

As a result of the congressional investigation, he has had to amend his financial disclosure forms.  For every year between 2002 and 2007, he neglected to mention a few things.  To all of the above have been added all of the following:

1.  Real property in New Jersey that he never disclosed and has failed to pay property taxes on for 15 years.

2.  Investment accounts at JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Oppenheimer, and BlackRock that he never disclosed.

3.  Stock in Yum Brands, as well as PepsiCo, that he never disclosed.

4.  A checking account at the federal credit union with a balance in excess of $250,000 that he never disclosed. 

5.  Selling a home for $1 million that he never disclosed.  Oddly enough, he is still on the title. 

According to the New York Post, Charlie-What-Me-Pay Taxes-Rangel failed to disclose, as he was required to do, some $3 million worth of various business transactions.  According to The Wall Street Journal, his net worth is not in the piddling $500,000-$1.3 million, but more like the $1 million-$2.5 million range.

According to his office, he did not conceal any of this from the IRS and is paid up on his taxes.  If that's the case, then he simply lied on his congressional disclosure forms.  What a shock!  If that's not the case, then somebody might want to warm up Dan Rostenkowski's old cell.
 
 
 
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At Long Last

 
It it appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. 
     Hebrews 9:27 
 
We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 
     II Corinthians 5:10
 
At long last Ted Kennedy has had to face a Judge who was (1) not impressed with the Kennedy name, and (2) could not be bribed. 
 
 
 
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Time Out!


It's fourth and long for the Washington Dullards, and the clock is ticking.  Coach Obama has called a time out and Quarterback Holden has left the field for a conference.  The "health care reform" play has been unsuccessful, and it's time for something else.  Upon returning to the field, Holden huddles with his players and announces that they're going with the "Blame Bush" play.  It has worked well in the past, and Obama thinks it will again.   Fellow Dullards Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are ecstatic.

Even though it was just this past April that Holden said, "It would be unfair to prosecute dedicated men and women working to protect America for conduct that was sanctioned in advance by the Justice Department," Holden announced yesterday the naming of a prosecutor to re-open the CIA "abuse" cases.   

What happened?  The scales fell from the eyes of the people, and they discovered that their messiah has a brain of mush and feet of clay. 

With tanking favorability ratings, a resurgence of America's revolutionary leanings, and whiny, name-calling dimocrats fed up with actually having to listen to their constituents - and fearing reprisals at the polls next year, Obama decided to change the subject and divert attention elsewhere, and where better than on his predecessor. 
 
Obama, who is famous for discarding anyone who gets in his way, is now going to throw to the wolves the very people who have kept us safe since 9/11.  Let me analogize:  You did something yesterday that was legal.  Today, it has been declared illegal, and you're being prosecuted. 
 
That's the "justice" of dictators and thugs and their kangaroo courts, and it's despicable on every level.  But, Obama doesn't care.  He needs to stop the slide that threatens to engulf him and his party.  An obedient media will be only too happy to oblige.  How long before the clips of townhall meetings full of angry taxpayers are replaced by clips of CIA agents being arrested, for doing what the Justice Department said they could.
 
Since the polls show that Americans trust Republicans on issues of national security, this could backfire big time and make things worse for the Washington Dullards. 
 
Let's hope so.
 
 
 
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High-Tech Bar

 
A man walked into a high-tech bar and noticed that the bartender was a robot.  As he sat down, the robot clicked a couple of times and asked, "Sir, what will you have?"  The man answered, "A martini, please."  The robot clicked a couple of times and then made the man the best martini he had ever had.  After serving him, the robot asked, "Sir, what is your IQ?"  When the man answered, "164", the robot proceeded to discuss the theory of relativity, interstellar space travel, and the latest medical breakthroughs. 

Needless to say, the man was most impressed.  He left the bar, but then returned to try something different. 

When he sat down at the bar, the robot clicked a couple of times and asked, "Sir, what will you have?"  The man answered, "A martini, please."  The robot clicked a couple of times and served up another delicious martini, asking, "Sir, what is your IQ?"  When the man answered "100", the robot proceeded to discuss Nascar and the latest sports scores. 

Again, the man was impressed and left the bar, returning again to try something different. 

When he sat down at the bar, the robot clicked a couple of times and asked, "Sir, what will you have?"  The man answered, "A martini, please".  The robot clicked a couple of times and served up yet another delicious martini, asking, "Sir, what is your IQ?"  When the man answered "50", the robot asked very slowly,

"A-R-E  Y-O-U  H-A-P-P-Y  W-I-T-H  O-B-A-M-A?"
 
 
 
 
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In Reponse to the Response to My Response

 
Those of us who have blogs and write columns and post comments to the blogs and columns of others, open ourselves up to criticism.  We do so because we enjoy the free exchange of ideas.  I thoroughly enjoy reading the comments of others because in doing so I learn what is going on out there.

In response to drpete, I would like to say that he is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!  Society has an absolute right to make laws for the good of all concerned.  We are a better people because we make laws against animal cruelty, even though we are a worse people because we sanction the killing of babies.  Just as we cannot shout "fire" in a crowded room, we do not have the unlimited "right" to do whatever we want with our own property.

Michael Vick would be a despicable individual even if there were no laws against animal cruelty.  And, my readers will note, that I didn't say one word in my blog about the punishment he received.  That subject was brought up by drpete.

There is something sick and twisted about those who are cruel not only for their own enjoyment but, worse yet, make money doing it.  I'm all for second chances.  But, Mr. Vick deserves nothing more than ignominy and obscurity.  He should not be allowed to be in a position where some impressionable kid could look up to him. 

Drpete, I disagree with you.  That doesn't mean that I am wrong.
 
 
 
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Loser of the Week*

 
The Philadelphia Eagles for even thinking of signing Michael Vick, let alone for actually doing it.  Once upon a time, athletes were thought of as heroes, people to look up to and respect.  Nowadays, the ranks of professional athletes are overpopulated with overpaid, drugged-up felons . . . past, present, and future. 

Michael Vick represents all that is bad in America and professional football was well rid of him until now.  Of course, what's to be expected from Philly.
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* and possible contender for Loser of the Month, Year, and Decade.
 
 
 
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Told You So

 
When Obama was first elected, I told my friends and family members that before long, it was going to be reported that the economy was on the mend. 
 
So, that day has arrived.  Right on schedule.  Saw this morning that Bernanke said that the economy was rebounding.  Saw a week or so ago that the recession has eased.  That it has bottomed out.  That we have turned a corner. Since Obama freely took responsibility for the economy, it's all on him now.  He will get the credit . . . and the blame.
 
The MSM threw its objectivity to the wind and openly advocated for an Obama presidency.  Putting Obama in the White House was like making a silk purse out of a sow's ear.  The MSM convinced millions that he had what it took to be Leader of the Free World.  He didn't, but the MSM wasn't about to let truth get in the way.  If Obama goes down, he takes them with him.  So, the MSM has every incentive in the world to do everything in its power to make sure that more people don't catch on to the fact that they sold us a bill of goods. 
 
I expect, that pretty soon, we could all be reading stories about how this is the greatest economy in the history of the world.  Barring complete catastrophe, that's all we're going to be seeing, hearing, and reading come next November.
 
 
 
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