The State of Disunion Address

What a week! We had the “State of Disunion” Address from our “Bully-in-Chief”, the Senate upping the debt limit by $1,900,000,000,000.00 ($1.9trillion), reconfirming Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, the organization “Grassroots Campaigns” offering $24,000 + benefits to help stop the “Tea-Baggers”, and Osama Bin-Laden coming out in favor of “Global Warming” legislation (sort-of). I mean how much more could anyone ask for?
I had quite a few of you e-mailing, texting, and calling me about what I thought about the “State of Disunion” address. Well, I really did not want to say much because so many others have already however, it is probably better for me to vent than hold it in and those of you who know me know I am not very good at holding things in anyway. Therefore, without further ado, here we go.
I am going to take this in sections since the speech was so dang long and I will probably miss a few points I wanted to touch on so this isn’t a novel (for your sake).
Probably the thing that stuck out most to me in the “State of Disunion” speech was the fact that he completely tried to intimidate the Supreme Court Justices with the Democrats cheering over their heads. I mean there is nowhere in history that I can find where a President so blatantly scolded another branch of government in a State of the Union speech. I know Jefferson, Hamilton, Reagan, and other Presidents have disagreed with the Supreme Court but this was just embarrassing to say the least. The President used neither tact nor decorum, just plain bullying from an elitist executive who is out of touch with the people and completely wrong in his accusation.
The President suggested that the Supreme Court reversed a “century” of law that would allow foreign corporations to spend without limit in our elections. That is not true, just as Justice Alito mouthed those words. Truth is the Supreme Court struck down “Mc Cain – Feingold” (although both are old, they have not been around for a century) which limited the amount of money a corporation or union could use from their treasuries, for or against a candidate. Now, seeing as President Obama received the largest amounts of money in history for his campaign from unspecified sources on the internet, you would think he would be a bit more in favor of this ruling. The law from the early 20th century regarding corporate funding is still in place.
Another thing that struck me was the fact that he was calling on bi-partisanship and telling the Republicans to stop being obstructionists. How can one be an obstructionist if they are not included in that which is being obstructed? The Democrats have a majority in the House and had a “Super Majority” in the Senate; they did not even need one Republican to vote yea on anything to pass it as they do now.
Now is this more intimidation when the President pretty much tells the Senate that they do not matter, that he would use his “Executive Privilege” to overrule their decision blocking the President’s “fiscal commission”? I hope the President will use his “Executive Privilege” to overrule the Senate’s approval of raising the National Debt limit another $1,900,000,000,000.00 ($1.9t) or their reconfirmation of Fed Chairman Bernanke. Now that would have been “Fiscally Responsible”, but I will not hold my breath on this.
The President sounded like he was campaigning again, with his “I did this” and “I did that”, “I inherited…” “The previous administration…”, “we will do our work openly”? Openly? Did he say openly? Was the Health Care debate put on C-Span when I wasn’t looking? If so, could someone get me a copy?
Speaking of Healthcare, I do not think he is giving up on that. The “I Won’t Quit” speaks to the very issue I believe. Even though many citizens, senators, house members, democrats, republicans, and independents have stated clearly they do not want to continue with this bill this Elitist President, “Won’t Quit”! I am still ready to fight, how about you?
Then there is the “Spending Freeze”, yeah right! This so-called spending freeze does not happen until 2011 and it will be frozen at whatever this year’s budget level will be. Therefore, if they inflate the spending this year they can spend the same for the next three. Nifty budgeting if I do say so myself. Then there is also the caveat that certain items will not be able to be touched if the next congress should want to trim the budget some more. Oh, and the freeze represents less than one percent of the current deficit (did I tell you the Senate just raised the debt limit?).
“Jobs!” That was the bone he threw the American public. He used many stories of Americans out of work and children writing him, he played on our sympathies: “…and that’s why I am calling for a new jobs bill tonight”. Most of his answers to the job problem were “Clean Energy” jobs. He also called for more Nuclear Power and offshore drilling: did I hear that correctly? Yes, he said we should look into it. For the sake of American’s everywhere, I was hoping he meant it however, right after this glimmer of hope, he dashed my spirit again by stating that this would mean “…passing a comprehensive energy and climate bill”. Here we go, the next thing he “Won’t Quit”.
By the way, there is another celebrity who agrees with President Obama that “America is the nation that has caused more Global Warming than any other”. I bet you can’t guess who it is? Osama Bin-Laden. Yes, that’s correct, Bin-laden made a tape stating that American’s should pay the rest of the world for the damage they have caused. Hey, was he in Copenhagen?

Until Next Time,
Mike

(And no, I do not believe Obama and Osama are in cahoots).

Senator elect Brown is a politician

Well, Scott Brown won in Massachusetts, many see this as a huge deal and some are wondering if he will run for President. Now I do agree this is a great feat for a Republican to win a Senate seat held for decades by a Democrat in a very liberal state however, Senator elect Brown is a politician and has yet to prove his actions will match his words. The greatest thing about this win is that it appears the other politicians are finally hearing our voices. They are now very afraid that they will also loose their much-coveted positions of power. We need to keep the pressure up! The wake up call has been sent from the home of the original “Tea Party” and it appears the Senate Health Care Bill will not pass. The politicians have gone from a position of “we have to pass it now” to “lets slow down and perhaps start over”. This occurred, not because of Scott Brown, but because of “We the People” and we must continue to be loud and proud concerning our America.
Perhaps Scott Brown would make a good President, but that remains to be seen. What is it we really want from our politicians? I know what I would like to see:
◊ Fiscal responsibility.
◊ Congressional term limits.
◊ Less bureaucracy.
◊ Lower taxes.
◊ Less government intrusion.
◊ Politicians pay equal with that of the American worker’s average.
◊ No pay raises without our approval.
◊ Transparency at all levels of government (except those involving National Security).
◊ Accountability.
◊ If we are fighting a war let’s be in it to win it (don’t play politics with the lives of our sons and daughters).
◊ A return to our founding principals.

Any politician who believes in these things would most assuredly have my vote and quite a few more as well.
Now that the ramming through of the Health Care bill has slowed down, we are going to need to be very vigilant of Cap and Trade bills and possibly Immigration bills.
The global warming hoax is starting to finally come to light here in America and many people are feeling betrayed. John Coleman (founder of the Weather Channel) and KUSI news aired a special last week on the faulty science behind global warming and brought to light the fact that over 30,000 scientists disagree with Al Gore and the global warming crowd. Here is an interview he did on FOX: John Coleman on Red Eye and here is the petition: 31,486 American Scientists disagree . What does this scandal mean? Well, I can only conclude that there are some people who want to separate us from our money for their own gain, one of the oldest swindles in history, like the snake oil salesman.
People, we need to stay vigilant. I know, I know, I keep saying this, but it is all too true. We need to continue to get our voices heard and hold our politicians accountable.
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Transpearency?

In 2008 Canadate Barack Obama made a straightforward healthcare reform promise on the campaign trail. “We’ll have negotiations televised on C-Span, so the people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents and who is making arguments on behalf of the drug companies on the insurance companies”. Where is it? Where is the transparency that became now President Obama’s mantra? I’m starting to feel slighted. Truth is, I don’t think Obama wants any part of this healthcare reform debate anywhere near TV cameras. Can you imagine witnessing Democratic leaders bribing fellow Senators and House Representatives, live and in prime time? The outcry would be huge. The information does get out but the people get the watered down version. This is a prime reason why each of us must keep calling, emailing, texting our elected officials and let them know we know what’s up. We need to continue to call them on their B.S.

Now, to be honest, our calls may fall upon deaf ears, especially on the Democratic side. It’s obvious that they don’t care. Democratic leaders will try to get this bill passed by any means necessary. Several Democratic Senators and House Reps. admit the current bill is far from perfect but you know what, it doesn’t matter. They just want a bill that will be signed into law. I’ve heard some of the Senators and House Reps. say “we’ll work out the details later”. WHAT ???? I don’t know, maybe it’s easy to make a comment like that if it’s not your money being spent.

Here’s the unbelievable part. In the Senate there were two Senators who hit the mother load. Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu got the “Louisiana purchase”. 300 million dollars or so for the state of Louisiana, in exchange for her vote. Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska was the one who made out. In exchange for his vote, the federal government will fund Nebraska’s new Medicaid recipients. It’s a sweet deal considering that many governors are worried that the Medicaid expansion will further strain already stressed state budgets. So states with fiscal problems of their own get their budgets squeezed as a result of this bill, but the man that history will show cast the deciding vote, gets his state off the hook. Amazing! Beyond this, tax dollars went to bribe two key Democrats so that a bill will be passed that would raise our taxes further. Absolutely Amazing! These two should be put in jail for this. You and I will be paying for the Medicaid recipients of Nebraska and for the “Louisiana purchase”. President Obama, where are those TV cameras? Show us, the constituents, what’s going on with the healthcare debate. Show us what hope and change is all about.

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Until next time, Rodney