Review FEAR as 2009 Departs and 2010 Arrives

Realizing 2010 was about to be here, I remember how I believed “I would be old” when thinking of 2000 while in school. That led me to remember the Y2K [bogus] bug. Remembering the Y2K, I remembered the Ozone hole, which caused me to remember the “new” ice age…

Then I remembered how Japan was “going to own America”, much like we hear China “will own America” now.
Does anyone else see a common theme here? “Keep the citizens in fear”, seems to be the goal of the media, the government, or both.

Having some (a little) experience with trying to control “masses”, I can say installing fear and worries is a goal to “control”. Do you believe I am just “blowing smoke”?

Well let’s look back – post WWII

• Fear of the ‘A’ bomb – Bomb shelters, “duck and cover”, etc.
• McCarthyism
• Cold War
• Temperatures cooling and entering a new ice age
• Oil Shortage
• Japan would “buy and destroy” America
• Going to “cook” due to a hole in the Ozone
• AIDS
• Animal Fat
• Domestic Terrorism
• Global Warming
• International Terrorism
• Trans fats
• China will “buy and destroy” America

Hmm, that is just a few – Am I blowing smoke?

Obama Vows to Fight Terrorism - We Will See

In a time when Bush get's blamed for everything I have to say, a vow from Obama to "fight terrorism" just doesn't carry the same weight as the previous administration with me. How 'bout you?

Obama: U.S. is fighting back

Wasn't this Suppose to Stop?

Interesting read, but I thought everyone was going to instantly love the US once Obama was elected - I suppose this to is Bushes fault. Although, after September 2001, while in office over two months less time, Bush took charge and dealt with it without blaming the previous administration.... Will Obama? Be on the look out for some "organized" meeting.

Attempted bombing spotlights al Qaeda growth in Yemen

Civil war and lawlessness have turned the Arab world's poorest state into an attractive alternative base for al Qaeda, which U.S. officials say has been largely pushed out of Afghanistan and is under growing military pressure from the Pakistani army in bordering tribal areas.

Merry Christmas (Remember)

May everyone's Christmas be as good as a puppy's loves and as happy a child opening the exact present they wanted. Our prayer is that everyone remembers the "reason for the season", the greatest gift ever given (a Father's Son), and where the custom of giving and receiving at Christmas was started.

God gave us his Son knowing that our sin and us would kill him, he did this out of love.

The Son came to this world knowing that our sin and us would kill him, he did this out of love.

Upon the arrival of God's Son, gifts were brought to him out of honor and love for who He was and why He was here.

When we give and accept gifts let us remember this - Know that you are loved, because He came to this world to give His life for everyone and that includes YOU!

Merry Christmas!

I am Confused....

I am confused...Ft Hood attack "linked to cleric", who may have been killed? "Linked to cleric", well it sounds like a terrorist attack, smells like a terrorist plot, but the MSM, the democrats, and our president say no. Hows that "hope and change" working for you? Me, you can take it and...............

Yemeni air strike kills 30, targets home of cleric linked to Ft. Hood attack - washingtonpost.com

Why Idiots Should not be Elected

Franken burns bridges...just wait till he needs a favor from senior senators, I know I can't way.

The Party of Big Government

Hope and change...big, bigger, no end in site - How's that working out for US?

Financial Reform: Dodd's Even Bigger Government Solution to Financial Risk

The proposal, being circulated at the moment as a "discussion draft," includes big government solutions to virtually every problem that it seeks to address, including in many cases even more government intervention and new government agencies than the House legislation.

Don't want to Wait till January

This is good news for those of us you have these devices, but I don't want to wait till January - I love the device, but Palm where is the love for those of us who rose early one Saturday in June to be "on board" with your adventure?

Palm Promises WebOS Update, Lots More Apps at CES - Reviews by PC Magazine

Palm's developer program is going fully public at the CES trade show in January, and Pre and Pixi owners will learn about an important WebOS update for their phones, Palm chief executive Jon Rubenstein said on an earnings call Thursday afternoon.

Cowboys Lose

Well I guess a gazillion dollar doesn't ensure a winning team or even an entertaining team for that matter.

Cowboys lose again :(

Run of The House

Well it has happened - Sandy now has the run of the house, nothing is off limits...well except dad's computer.

The 'Hoax' is 'Warming Up' - Will it Burn Down?

Will the release of these emails wake up the public before they loose more of their rights to choose not to mention the money being stolen base due to this hoax with "cap and trade"? I can guarantee you the "main stream media" will defend their blunder to the last breath or until the public forces them to actually "tell the truth"

Facing Scandal, Head of Climate Research Lab to Temporarily Step Down

Matt Dempsey, spokesman for Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., thinks more is still to come from the scandal coming to be known as Climate-gate. “It certainly shows that there’s more to the investigation and there’s more to come, and we’re only at the beginning stages of learning about Climate-gate," he told FoxNews.com.

Do you believe there will be any "real investigation" with Pelosi and Reid...I think not!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Like in previous years I wanted to post the Thanksgiving proclamation.

WHEREAS, It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor;

WHEREAS, Both the houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:"

Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted' for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have show kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.

--George Washington - October 3, 1789

Sitting at Work - WHY?

I am sitting at work, filling in for a supervisor who is off, and wondering why I am here...

We had to travel 452 miles round trip to attend a training session, which I did without complaint - Because it is my JOB.

Now I am here for a "midnight shift", because it is my JOB.

My job - I was raised to take MY JOB serious and a responsibility not taken lightly. "Work at it and you WILL succeed."

However, my future looks bleak - It appears the goal of my country is to take more and more of what I earn at MY JOB and give it to those who don't WORK, and a growing majority of those choose not to... Why does my government want this?

Because I am a male, a white male, because I chose to work, or simply to get votes and stay in power.

I believe it is because they want to stay in power caring not that they are creating a country full of pride-less, lazy, and selfish citizens... The irony here is THOSE IN GOVERNMENT will have me and you believe that I am selfish for working, taking MY JOB serious, and wanting the keep more of what I reap then they steal from me to give to those who choose not to WORK.

Well I have to get back to MY JOB because it is MY JOB, but I leave you with a question, WHY?

Having Fun

Testing how this app will work posting pics to blog.

Putting the Country on Trial

As the left celebrates the "trial" of confessed killers and murders we are going to see the US on trail - You don't believe it; how do you think a defense attorney is going to defend a confessed killer who requested to be executed - HMM?

9/11 Trial Poses Unparalleled Legal Obstacles - NYTimes.com

In fact, one question will be how a judge will prevent a trial from turning into a forum on the American war on terrorism

Should Have Know...or Not

FBI reassessing past look at Fort Hood suspect. LINK - "Assessing risk" b4 a tragedy the left calls foul "profiling" after the left calls file "you should have known".

What is The Point?

While enjoying my double beef burrito (w/ sugar in drink) I watched not one, not two, but three women order 5 tacos with extra meat and cheese each...WITH diet cokes - What's the point in diet drinks?

The point, I really think these women thought they were doing some small thing that would be considered "good" by others...Just like an idiot who thinks 2 more miles per gallon should make them feel good about saving the planet. SAD!

Watch What You Say....

Man fired for his views - Freedom as long as you are PC...
Link here

Test

Testing a new tool for WebOS for posting.

State Department Strategy Review Flawed from Start

If the discussions at the kick-off event are an indicator, the final QDDR product will repeat past mistakes by maintaining a focus on the traditional official government instruments of foreign aid and will fail to achieve the true integration of all the tools of U.S. foreign and security policy.

Interesting pieces from The Heritage Foundation.

Posted via web from woodiah's posterous

Flip-Flop is Back

Besides the comments not sounding anything like the Kerry of campaign season - Doesn't the below sound like another "I voted for it before I voted against it"?

Kerry: Targeted attacks in Afghanistan not enough - washingtonpost.com

"I do not believe that a counterterrorism strategy all by itself without a sufficient level of counterinsurgency will work," said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. "If you don't have a presence on the ground that's effective, it's almost impossible to collect the kind of intelligence that you need to be equally effective in your counterterrorism."
[...]
Kerry is not promoting sending more troops now. That would be irresponsible, he said, when Afghanistan's election is not yet finished.

"I don't see how President Obama can make a decision about the committing of our additional forces or even the further fulfillment of our mission that's here today without an adequate government in place or knowledge about what that government's going to be," he said.

Don't Do Any Favors!

I believe this administration should continue to "boycott" and "demonize" FoxNews - Please, I am begging...sounds like a great way to get support:) Besides I will know where to tune to avoid a BS storm!

Despite spat, White House to book officials on Fox News - washingtonpost.com

After impugning the objectivity of Fox News and saying that they would begin to treat the network as "an opponent," White House officials said Sunday that they will allow administration officials to appear on the network.

I will not mention how utterly stupid and politically ignorant these arrogant ____es are being - But I do hope they continue!

Over?

Correct me, but I thought the Obama administration declared the "war on terror" over - In fact, we aren't even supposed to call it "war on terror" anymore... From this article, I don't think so!

Dang, I guess I made the Whitehouse's list yet again :0

...but wasn't all this hate for the west going to automatically stop because the "hope and change" guy won - How is that "hope and change" working of you?

AFP: Number of militant recruits on the rise: report

WASHINGTON — A rising number of Western recruits, including Americans, are traveling to Afghanistan and Pakistan to attend paramilitary training camps for militant Islamists, The Washington Post reported late.

Good News - NOT

The below is "great news"...we have so much to look forward to! For example, more taxes for "the greater good", go carts with electric mower engines, BS about renewable energies while you are still burning fossil fuels just not "oil"...and nobody will tell you how much these "batteries" will cost to buy, to dispose of, or the cost associated with gearing our emergency personnel up to deal with these "batteries"!

NO, it ain't good news - But hey I am a "global warming denier" and proud of it!

Some Hint at Progress on Climate Deal - NYTimes.com

A two-day meeting of officials from countries responsible for the bulk of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions ended Monday in London with hints that rich and developing nations might be able to bridge at least some of their differences on issues hobbling agreement on a new climate treaty.

This Can't Be...

...the evil Bush administration is gone and replaced by the "global friendly" Obama administration - Come on Al let's see your mojo.

The Associated Press: Hurricane Rick builds to Category 5 off Mexico

MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Rick grew Saturday into the strongest storm in the eastern North Pacific Ocean in more than a decade.

Couldn't have Said it Better

Many that know me have heard me harp about being sick and tired of hearing "the worst economy since the 'great depression'" - Knowing that many younger than 50 just weren't taught history before 1960 and those in their 30's nothing before Clinton. All seem to have forgotten the 70's, unemployment, inflation, and the initiation of a misery index (note Mr. Obama inherited a lower index than his predecessor while his climbed in the few months of office Bush's was lower after eight years, if anyone cares.).

Well I found someone other than I that remembers the 70's...all be it an evil "conservative" - Go figure.

Tell me if I have seen this before: Swine flu, Russian subs off the American coast, indecision toward Afghanistan, hot summers followed by cold winters. And then there is high unemployment and soon-to-be high inflation. Am I imagining things or is this a return to the 1970's?

I remember the ‘70's very well, especially the winter of '78. The heater broke in the middle of the coldest winter on St. Louis record and it was a miserable time. What struck me most was scientists trying to blame the frigid temperatures on global cooling. Make up your minds, will you

Read more here

What - One of the Great Healthcare Systems....

...needs help? Didn't Michael Moore declare Cuba as the model healthcare system in his acclaimed movie? So, why do they need help? Maybe, just maybe, the good things in their healthcare system were good because they were given to them by...go figure!

AFP: Cuba calls for help obtaining swine flu vaccine

HAVANA — Cuba called Monday on the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization to help it acquire doses of a vaccine against the A(H1N1) virus.

Sounds all To Familiar

While the world focus on one side of the world North Korea plays its usual games; however, there is a new twist, it seems they are playing unchecked and unchallenged by the US - Wonder if this is the change voted for?

The Associated Press: Report: NKorea nearly restores nuclear facilities

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is in the final stage of restoring its nuclear facilities, a news report said Tuesday, as leader Kim Jong Il expressed a conditional willingness to end Pyongyang's boycott of international nuclear talks

Beta Male, We Need an Alpha!

Excellent opinion piece from The American Thinker
American Thinker: Did We Elect a Beta Male As President?

With his "we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist" opening to the world's dictators, the President is exhibiting classic beta male behavior, in essence rolling over on his back and exposing his throat to them to make sure they know he has no intention of challenging their

Mr. President - You Won, now be Presidential

Good piece...

Richard Cohen - Time for Obama to Act Like a President

Sooner or later it is going to occur to Barack Obama that he is the president of the United States. As of yet, though, he does not act that way, appearing promiscuously on television and granting interviews like the presidential candidate he no longer is.

and More on the Afganistan Issue

We will see...What do you think?
Advisers to Obama Are Split on Afghan Troop Request - NYTimes.com

WASHINGTON — As President Obama weighs sending more troops to Afghanistan, one of the most consequential decisions of his presidency, he has discovered that the military is not monolithic in support of the plan and that some of the civilian advisers he respects most have deep reservations.

...and On National Security

What to you think "dear" leader will do? Stand up to the fringe left and send troops or give in and allow it to be "all for not"?

AFP: General backs request for more troops in Afghanistan

LONDON — Britain's top general in Afghanistan has backed his US commander's call for more foreign troops to fight an increasingly bloody Taliban insurgency, a newspaper said Monday.

Lieutenant-General Jim Dutton, the deputy commander of NATO?s International Security Assistance Force, told The Times newspaper that victory was a matter of "straightforward force ratios".

"If you want to achieve long-term stability, and therefore a lack of terrorism potential in an area, you need to be doing more than simply patrolling the skies," Dutton said.

He said he supported US General Stanley McChrystal's request for a troop buildup in the country to counter the Taliban insurgency -- as competing advice over the future war strategy and waning Western public support grows.

Rich Lowery on The Afghanistan Flip-Flop

Rich Lowery does a good job reminding us of the campaign slogan "should be in Afghanistan"...AND now the oops "never mind", democrat thought process.

On Afghanistan, Never Mind? by Rich Lowry on National Review Online

Now that it is crunch time in Afghanistan, they’ve gone from resolute to flaccid.
[...]
And John Kerry, who used to be as gung-ho as John Wayne in The Green Berets, now sounds ready to revert to his usual martial role of leading the political charge toward defeat.

I "Double Dog Dare" Him

There is a REASON Mr Milloy that no one is "called out"...

Courtland Milloy: Obama Needs to Follow Through With Threats to Call Out Foes

"If you misrepresent what's in this [health care] plan, we will call you out," Obama told a joint session of Congress last week

...because doing so would shine a light on who is lying and who is misrepresenting what - Do you really want that? I DO!

Technorati Tags: healthcare, media bias, democrats

Carter Wrong Again

Well former President Jimmy Carter is wrong, but considering the source one would expect that. Let see how do I say this respectfully...it isn't race stupdid, well I couldn't think of a better way to put it.

AFP: Racism behind anger toward Obama: Carter

"I think that an overwhelming proportion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, he's African-American," Carter, 84, told NBC television.

Forgetting Defense ...

Forgetting defense or like other democrats kicking it to the side claiming the fight the "war on poverty" one that hasn't been made any advancements in 50 years - Guess now it is the "healthcare war".

...one question, if the "healthcare plan" will pay for it's self, as our president claimed, why the need to cut the military budget????

How to Dismantle a Military Superpower

Ultimately, severe modernization cuts could increase the likelihood that U.S. military capabilities will fall short of the nation's wide-ranging security commitments. Current budget plans indicate the United States may relinquish its military superpower status - not to another nation per se, but by reverting to a position where it lacks the capacity to engage and maintain a forward presence globally.

Technorati Tags: healthcare, military

Desires to "Get Along"

Well an "example of sanity", the role model of genius has again proclaimed all who disagree with he as crazy...of course previously we were just stupid.

Let's all learn, and hope the conservative elected officials learn, from these examples of just how the left wants to "get along". After all, they are so much smarter than I and so much more civil...just ask 'em!

Bill Maher Challenges Obama: "Stand Up For The 70 Percent Of Americans Who Aren't Crazy" (VIDEO)

Oh Good - Another Prime Time Event :-(

...and we have another possible prime-time event...this president wants more face time than Paris Hilton and may pass the last two administrations total "time on television" by the end of the year...

Oh and if you notice - The problem stems from "two republicans"; of course, if it is such a great deal they don't need any republicans, and they can have all the credit for themselves.

Obama Weighing Health Care Strategy Shift - Political News - FOXNews.com

President Barack Obama, faced with falling approval ratings and increasingly impatient with Senate negotiations over health care, is weighing a shift in strategy that would offer more details of his goals for overhauling the nation's health care system.

The president is considering a speech in the next week or so in which he would be "more prescriptive" about what he feels Congress must include in a bill, top adviser David Axelrod said Tuesday in an interview. The speech might occur before the Sept. 15 deadline the White House gave to Senate negotiators to seek a bipartisan bill, Axelrod said. He suggested that two key Republicans have not bargained in good faith.

Ain’t America No More

Michelle Malkin has a video of a law enforcement officer trying to stop and a "right leaning" protest and proclaiming America isn't America anymore –

"This used to be America!" the protester exclaims.

The officer retorts: "It ain't no more, okay?"

 link

Leadership???

Found this an interesting article, maybe you will too. Obama "knows how to push...but doesn't know how to lead" - I believe that hits the nail on the head.

A Presidential Learning Moment

President Obama continues to act like the powerless community organizer he once was. He knows how to push. That's what community organizers do. But he doesn't know how to lead. And leadership is the one essential skill required to govern effectively.
[...]
Obama's community organizing tactics are beginning to wear thin with a majority of the American public, whatever their partisan persuasions. Some, who still feel warm toward him as a person, are growing cold to his leadership style.

Technorati Tags: obama, leadership

Lieberman Tells Administration to Slow Down!

The famous independent (democrat in reality) is telling Obama needs to slow down…hmm!

From NYT

"I'm afraid we've got to think about putting a lot of that off until the economy's out of recession," Mr. Lieberman said on CNN's "State of the Union." "There's no reason we have to do it all now, but we do have to get started. And I think the place to start is cost health delivery reform and insurance market reforms."

Acorn = Corrupt Obama

Wasn't dear leader associated with Acorn? Does this fall under the dem's term "culture of corruption" and where is the MSM (media) with their "guild by association" stories...oh that's right both only reserve that for those evil republicans or anyone who's opinion differs from theirs.

ACORN Director Pleads Guilty | Politics & Economics

A high-ranking official at the taxpayer-funded leftist group that conducts fraudulent voter registration drives has pleaded guilty to conspiracy for organizing a scheme that illegally paid workers to register new voters.

Technorati Tags: acorn, democrat corruption

Whether You Want it Or NOT!

You can read into to this - "I (Obama) don't care if you want it or not" we are going to do it anyway.

Obama Guarantees Health Care Reform Passage - Political News - FOXNews.com

"I guarantee you ... we are going to get health care reform done.

Technorati Tags: healthcare, obama

Facts - If you are Interested

This article checks several Whitehouse claims - I have just put one below, so if interested follow the link...

Fact Check

The first claim is that “Medicare has controlled cost growth better than private-sector health plans.” The reality is that “when payments from all sources are considered, spending on Medicare beneficiaries is increasing faster than spending on the privately insured.” The amount Medicare spends per beneficiary is growing slowly, but Medicare is paying a shrinking share of its beneficiaries’ total health costs. The total amount spent on health care for individuals enrolled in Medicare is actually growing faster than the amount spent on individuals in private insurance.

Technorati Tags: healthcare, fact check, medicare

Something to Think About - Government

Good quick read of for the AM - May give you something to think about.

Ten Questions about Freedom, Virtue, and the Role of Government

Today's political debates are often muddied by misconceptions of the role of government and its responsibility to American citizens. What are the limits of good government? How can the virtues necessary for freedom flourish? Sustaining ordered liberty depends on good answers to these questions.

Cowardly Boldness

Bold talk....
White House Vows to Defend Democrats on Health Reform, Will 'Punch Back Twice as Hard' - Political News - FOXNews.com

WASHINGTON -- Top White House officials counseled Democratic senators Thursday on coping with disruptions at public events on health care this summer, officials said, and promised the party and allies would respond with twice the force if any individual lawmaker is criticized in television advertising.

From a coward

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to discuss details of the closed-door session

Technorati Tags: Healthcare, obmacare, universal healthcare

Is/Was Privacy a Real Concern

REMEMBER, when democrats across the country, those in office and "common" citizens, were so out raged at the report the Government was "listening to our phone calls" - "Warrant-less Wiretaps"? Though exaggerated and proven both not to include domestic calls and be legal (by the court during the current administration), they screamed "big brother" and "privacy issues".

Well let's fast forward to ObamaCare - So am I to understand that though we don't want anyone hearing our conversations with Mom and Dad or the wife, that would be an infringement on our rights, but the government knowing everything about our medical history should be common practice? In fact, good that they want to care so much - RIDICULOUS!

ATTENTION "leftwing nuts" - I guess this new request, to turn in your friends and family for speaking out against the state is a good thing too...
White House Draws Fire for Requesting 'Fishy’ Information From Supporters on Health Reform

The White House is under fire for a blog post asking supporters to send "fishy" information received through rumors, chain e-mails and casual conversations to a White House e-mail address, flag@whitehouse.gov.

Oh my, I haven't even hit the "post button" yet and I believe I hear the "thought police" pulling in my driveway!

Technorati Tags: ObamaCare, big brother, privacy

Fariness Doctrine...

Well Hugo Chavez, like US democrats, believes in the fairness doctrine. Wonder how long it will be before Obama followed Chavez's lead?

Hugo Chavez Pulls 34 Radio Stations Off the Air

Chavez said Saturday that he approved the telecommunications agency's decision to shut down radio stations ruled to be operating illegally.

"We're applauding Diosdado for the decision he has made to take back these stations for the people," Chavez said, referring to agency chief Diosdado Cabello.

Technorati Tags: farieness doctrine, chavez

Medal of Honor???

I am going to have to do some more thinking on the story below - The Medal of Honor, the highest award a military member can receive, is a great honor! I cannot put into words what it "stands for" to an active or past member of our military. Some reasons for the high level of respect is because it is not given easily, or lightly, and politics has relatively been left out of the awards process...

If we just look at WWII, 464 medals were given - a quick look puts the military deaths for WWII around 416,800 (this is higher or lower depending on source)...meaning the Medal(s) of Honor awarded were just over 1% of the miltiary deaths.

We see there have been 4,000 death and 6 medals awarded...just over 1% - The numbers tell me they need not, should not, change a thing. Whatever is done or not done the honor can/must not be diminished, neither for future recipients or past...and if politics becomes the primary factor I fear this is inevitable. If I had to give an opinion today I would say - LET the process ALONE and RESPECT the traditions of the past!

Some Say Pentagon Not Awarding Enough Medals of Honor for Iraq

Eight years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. About 4,000 members of the U.S. military killed in action. More than 34,000 wounded. Just six considered worthy of America's highest military award for battlefield valor.

For some veterans and members of Congress, that last number doesn't add up.

They question how so few Medals of Honor -- all awarded posthumously -- could be bestowed for wars of such magnitude and duration

Technorati Tags: CMH, Medal of Honor

How Much More can They Handle

These are scary numbers - How much more than the "rich" afford, and what will this do to "incentive and drive to better oneself"? How long till the "number" defining "the rich" comes down?

How Much More Can We Redistribute: IRS Releases New Data » The Foundry

According to the IRS, the top 1 percent of taxpayers paid over 40 percent of all federal income taxes in 2007. That is a higher share than the bottom 95 percent of taxpayers combined! They paid just over 39 percent.
[...}
In contrast, the bottom 40% of taxpayers pays no income taxes on average. In fact, they get money from the tax code well above anything they paid in because of refundable credits. And President Obama’s Make Work Pay credit, passed as part of the stimulus, will increase the money redistributed to these non-taxpayers.

...and for those that believe my first link is a "right wing ....", here is the IRS site, do the numbers yourself! If your taxpayer paid public education feel a little short - As a liberal elite, you know some unfortunate sole who was mistreated like Barack and Michelle, but still received an education worth a quarter of a million dollars are more.

SOI Tax Stats - Individual Statistical Tables by Tax Rate and Income Percentile

Technorati Tags: taxes

Taxes, where to They Go?

Found this rather interesting...

How Washington Is Spending Your Taxes in 2009 - Printer friendly page

Washington will spend $33,880 per household in 2009 - the highest level in American history (adjusted for inflation), and nearly $8,000 per household more than last year.

The federal government will collect $18,277 per household in taxes. The remaining $15,603 represents this year's staggering budget deficit per household, which, along with all prior government debt, will be dumped in the laps of our children.

Technorati Tags: taxes, tax spending

Please "dear leader" Save Us

Not straying form the liberal notion, only the government can save _____ ! Dan ask the government to save the media!

Dan Rather wants Obama to help save the news

“I personally encourage the president to establish a White House commission on public media,” the legendary newsman said.

Such a commission on media reform, Rather said, ought to make recommendations on saving journalism jobs and creating new business models to keep news organizations alive.

Here is a plan Dan - "The Media" runs the media like a business and gives their consumers what they want, stop treating their readers like idiots, and stop force feeding YOUR OPINIONS - simply REPORT the NEWS... Oh hey, Dan the really important part, report the news HONESTLY, as hard as that may be!

But on second thought, they government stepping in (or Obama steeping) to run the media does remove all pretense of "honest reporting" - After all, the MSM has sold out to liberals, democrats, and Obama lock stock and barrel!

Technorati Tags: meida, media bias, news

From "The Foundry" on Health Care

Some some interesting info...

Obama Moves the Goal Posts on Health Care » The Foundry

The President attempts to construct an argument that the insurance companies are forcing you or me to pay more out-of-pocket, so we need reform to save us. Nonsense.

Unity - Right!

The "unifier" plays the race card...hum, guess this a new strategy for unification. Appears to be the old strategy of "divide and conquer", but maybe that is just me.

Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly'

"Separate and apart from this incident is that there’s a long history in this country of African-American and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately," the president said

Promises, promises, promise....LIE

How can a man, our president, make promises about something he knows nothing about - Worse, how can the main stream media not call him on it. Folks, the media ain't there for the public and hasn't been for quite some time!

Obama Admits He’s “Not Familiar” With House Bill

President Obama replied: “You know, I have to say that I am not familiar with the provision you are talking about.” (quote begins at 17:10)

This is a truly disturbing admission by the President, especially considering that later in the call, Obama promises yet again: “If you have health insurance, and you like it, and you have a doctor that you like, then you can keep it. Period.”

Technorati Tags: obamacare, health care, lies

Brilliant...simply Brilliant - NOT!

The below comment just oozes brilliance doesn't it - Spend more, "more than you have obviously" to keep from going broke...and we wonder why Americans live on credit and beyond their means.Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’

“Now, people when I say that look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’” Biden said. “The answer is yes, that's what I’m telling you.”

...by the way, I am believe I am going to share this quote with my management team today and ask for a raise. "Give me a raise, because if we don't spend more money we will go bankrupt and I want to do everything I can for the company!"

The Promises are Falling Apart?

Can the Obama loving and protecting media actually being turning against their beloved leader?

AP News: PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama tax pledge unrealistic

have already increased tobacco taxes - which disproportionately hit the poor[...]"Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes," Obama told a crowd in Dover, N.H., last year.But less than a month after taking office, Obama signed an expansion of child health care financed by 62-cent tax increase on each pack of cigarettes.[...]While not directly increasing taxes, a House-passed version of Obama's plan to reduce greenhouse gases blamed for causing global warming would similarly increase American families' home energy bills by $175 a year on average, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Technorati Tags: obama, taxes, hidden taxes

One of the Left's "Queen B(s)"

...comes out attacking Sarah Palin, just in case.Op-Ed Columnist - Now, Sarah’s Folly - NYTimes.com

Caribou Barbie is one nutty puppy.

Happy Birthday

...to the nation - Hope all have a good and safe 4th of July.

What a Joke

Perfect a comedian to assist with the sadly comical agenda of this administration.

Al Franken wins Senate seat paving way for Obama's Democratic agenda - Telegraph

President Barack Obama was handed a major boost to his efforts to push an ambitious array of legislation through Congress when Democrat Al Franken

...wasn't this suppose to stop with his election?

I thought the "hatred" of America was supposed to stop, with the "we can get along with everyone" president and an appeasement foreign policy - Guess the North Koreans didn't get that memo.

N.Korea accuses Obama of nuclear war plot

North Korea has accused US President Barack Obama of plotting a nuclear war on the communist nation by reaffirming a US assurance of security for South Korea, the North's state media said.

Technorati Tags: north korea, obama, korea, appeasment

Healthcare?

Interesting read about health care...get one to thinking.

A Doctor’s View of Obama’s Healthcare Plans - WSJ.com

.” In fact, a thoughtful lay friend recently said to me in the context of her medical care, “Face it, Abraham, medicine is corrupt.” She stated this casually, as if it were an obvious and well-known fact, not waiting to see if I would agree. At the time I remember that I sputtered. I wanted to protest but the sounds would not come out. That word “corrupt” gnawed at me for days.

Well I have a Palm PRE and believe I can post on the go better so I will give it a try.

Appears to be warming up - The idiot is back...

Gore pleads for unity on climate, despite divide

Wasn't the whole world supposed to be butter in his hands? It appears N Korea didn't get that memo and are still playing the same game...how will our new President respond?

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea accused President Barack Obama's government of meddling in its internal affairs Wednesday and vowed to take "every necessary measure" to defend itself against what it calls U.S. threats.

The statement by North Korea's Foreign Ministry, however, was far less harsh than rhetoric issued by the country's military during the run-up to joint U.S.-South Korean war games that started across the South on Monday. The North's military has threatened South Korean passenger planes and put its troops on standby.
By JAE-SOON CHANG Associated Press Writer

---Posted via Centro---

Wasn't the world suppose to love us after "the one" took office - I don't understand, the same rhetoric is coming out of North Korea...Change and hope, right?
N. Korea Vows to Punish U.S., S. Korea 'Warmongers

North Korea vowed Tuesday to punish U.S. and South Korean "warmongers" after the American military said it would go ahead with annual joint exercises that Pyongyang calls an invasion rehearsal.

March 1st in the south...Global warming my hind foot!

This has some interesting information about the "myth" that is global warming...

"In the early days of the IPCC, I was visiting the head of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy -- the director, Dr. Robert Watson, who later became the first Chairman of the IPCC. He informed me and a work associate with me that since we had started to regulate Ozone depleting substances under the 1987 Montreal Protocol, the next goal, in his mind, was to regulate Carbon Dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning. This was nearly twenty years ago. There was no mention of a scientific basis for that goal. So, as you can see from the beginning of the IPCC process, it has been guided by desired policy outcomes, not science."

Read here

---Posted via Centro---

Interesting thoughts on "Real Racism" here
"Real racism camouflages itself in the righteousness of modern liberalism.

---Posted via Centro---

Well let's see - The sultans of smart in our education system already want to teach America's children God couldn't have created the planet, every good child should be totally dependent on the government, there is not failure therefore no success, and now further brainwashing that they can someone how "save the planet" by what choosing paper instead of plastic... Really GIVE ME A BREAK!

Environmental Lesson Plans Drawing Praise, Concern

Could environmental education be crossing into environmental indoctrination? Some critics say yes, as schools boast that such curricula simply is teaching children ways of caring for the earth.

Being a "good" student at Western Avenue Elementary School in Flossmoor, Ill., means more than just doing reading, writing and arithmetic well. It also means trying to save the planet.

I do not advocate nor participate in total abandonment and do think we should be good stewards of what GOD have given us; however, it is the arrogance of man to believe that simply their action can and will destroy this planet before the time and place of GOD's choosing... So if we cannot destory before God so chooses, how can we, you, save it????

One more question - A few days last summer we had record highs giving way to "global warming" rhetoric; however, we broke recodes from 1891 and 1902...what was killing the planet then, did they predict the end in 50 years, and what change????? Want to MAYBE convenience me accurately predict the weather tomorrow and we will talk!!!

Amazing - In the worst economy since the depression I can't get a table at the local IHOP. Never heard they had that problem then - Maybe that explains the soup lines all the restaurants were full.

---Posted via Centro---

Want a job with the new administration - Don't pay taxes this year, it has to be a prerequisite nobody screws up this many times without trying!

Tax snafus add up for Obama team - USATODAY.com

WASHINGTON — The confirmation of another Cabinet member stalled Thursday because of unpaid taxes after USA TODAY disclosed that the husband of Labor secretary nominee Hilda Solis paid about $6,400 this week to settle numerous tax liens against his business dating to 1993.

He is a democrat so there is no problem with his vetting process or any of his nominees, right - They are anointed by the one.

Obama's Vetting Process Draws Scrutiny After Cabinet Withdrawals - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNews.com

But after three of his nominees withdrew their nominations over embarrassing revelations, questions have been raised about Obama's vetting process.

But why withdraw...the Treasury secretary didn't pay taxes either
Newsvine - Daschle withdraws nomination

Faced with problems over back taxes and potential conflicts of interest, Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination on Tuesday to be President Barack Obama's Health and Human Services secretary.

Two in as many weeks...Let's all have an oversight and just apologize when the IRS comes calling. Which begs another question - Where has the IRS been in these two cases? Honest oversight or looking the other way on purpose...hmm!

---Posted via Centro---

Q4 GDP down 3.8 percent, biggest drop since 1982

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy shrank at its fastest pace in nearly 27 years in the fourth quarter, government data showed, sinking deeper into recession as consumers and business cut spending.

So what is it? In all the "scare tactics", it appears the media and our President can't get the facts straight - Or maybe the facts are in the way... But what is is, worst economy since the depression, worst economy since 1982, or since "all" of 2008 had more growth than 2001 (2001 total growth = .08% and 2008 total growth = 1.3%) - Is it only the worst economy in since 2001? Don't worry the media want let the flats cloud their agenda!!!

Well, I guess it wasn't a failure...but wait, we will hear somehow it is.

Polls Close in Iraq Elections, No Major Violence

Polls closed at 6 p.m. (10 a.m. EST) on Saturday — an hour later than planned — after millions of voters cast ballots for influential regional councils around most of Iraq.

Well there are elections, again. In Iraq in case you missed it... Another failure, right?

---Posted via Centro---

...and it begins!

PELOSI SAYS BIRTH CONTROL WILL HELP ECONOMY

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi boldly defended a move to add birth control funding to the new economic "stimulus" package, claiming "contraception will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government."

Pelosi, the mother of 5 children and 6 grandchildren, who once said, "Nothing in my life will ever, ever compare to being a mom," seemed to imply babies are somehow a burden on the treasury.

How much further a move would it be to say "abortion (selective) is needed to assist in managing the economy - Yep, I can see nothing but good things, in the recent move to make our "free" economy state ran, NOT!

...well the peanut butter alert has been updated - Little Debbie.

WASHINGTON - Now it's some Little Debbie peanut butter crackers that are being recalled because there's a chance of salmonella contamination.

---Posted via Centro---