I AM PAUL WILSON

Just what the hell are the politicians thinking? I can not believe what is going on in Washington.

Watch this video: Hat tip Freedom Thinker

This is enough to bring tears to your eyes. My wife and I have lost 500 K in equity in our home, my oldest daughter has lost 400 K, we are not begging for a bailout. My wife’s 401 has lost 45 K. That happened so fast there was nothing to prevent it. Mine was safe since when I retired I moved the entire 401 into asset protection funds, in fact when everyone else was losing their asses, I actually made money.

0bama and his administration did not read up on the great depression, or they did and think they have a better plan. They are repeating the mistakes made in 1939 just on a much bigger scale

My personal opinion is that at this moment 0bama is on the fast track to turning our country into a Hugo Chavez style country. He hates and ignores The Constitution, one of his cabinet members I think it was Emanuel described it as just an old piece of paper. It may be old but it has made and kept this country on the top of the heap for all these years. They seem hell  bent on destroying it all.

God help us and our country.

Day by day the truth slowly comes out. Most of the time from his own words. The problem is that the Honeymoon with many Americans is not over. Not all of us are blinded by the dim light that has been shined on this man. A very bright light needs to be shined on  President Zero and his Hokey administration, then we could see where the cockroaches are and stomp on them. I think we would learn that Zero is not running the country, Nancy Pelosi is writing the law and he can’t wait to sign it. He promised to use his “Line Item Veto” to go through the stimulus bill and eliminate earmarks. I guess his Teleprompter didn’t tell him he has no Line Item Veto.

So Blinky Pelosi is pulling the strings on this puppet president. It makes me sick that the great state of California has inflicted the country with the piece of crap called Speaker of The House.

Mar 21 10:01 AM US/Eastern
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press Writer

Obama spent two days in California this week taking his sales pitch directly to the people. The campaign took him from town-hall meetings to Jay Leno’s "The Tonight Show" set in an effort to garner support for a budget that will pay for his priorities. At the same time, he is promising to cut the deficit in half by the end of his four-year term.

His message, however, was drowned out for much of the week by revelations that American International Group Inc. paid out $165 million in bonuses to employees, including to traders in the financial unit that nearly caused the insurance giant’s collapse. The public outrage was followed by congressional efforts to impose punitive taxes on those payouts.

In his Saturday message, Obama contended that ordinary Americans are more concerned about having a paycheck and being able to pay their college or medical bills more than they are about "the news of the day in Washington."

That last paragraph scares me te most. That is classic “Don’t pay attention to what we are doing, we know what is best for you, you know nothing we will care for you.”

I get some very nasty comments here and on The Black Hole Next Door from those who the Koolaid has not turned sour yet. I feel sorry for them. Reality is a cruel Bitch. They will soon learn the pain of a Bitch Slap.

With a nod to Capitol Hill, he said the specific dollar amounts in his budget plan will likely change, but in the end his four priorities must be met.

Those are plans to boost investments in clean energy technologies, including wind and solar power; increased funding for childhood education programs, affordable college costs and higher standards for schools; health care reform that will lower costs, including Medicare and Medicaid; and a scrutiny on domestic spending that will lead to cuts in the deficit.

"The American people sent us here to get things done, and at this moment of great challenge, they are watching and waiting for us to lead," Obama said. "Let’s show them that we are equal to the task before us."

Hey Zero, you need to be a leader before you can lead. You and the cadre of clowns you have grouped around you are not leaders, you are disruptors.

If any  Republican attempted to do what Mr. Zero has done, from campaign to coronation and the first hundred days, the mainstream media and all the extreme left sided net news sources would be screaming for heads.

I have never known of a Republican Presidential candidate who did not release health, financial, education, draft status and citizenship documents. John McCain was pillared because he was born in Panama. He did not hesitate to provide the documents.

Mr. Zero, a lot of Americans would truly like to see your REAL birth records and your draft registration. I will be very disappointed if the left leaning and the great unwashed has elected a phony to the highest office in the land.

This Gentleman snuck inside my head, he articulates my feelings perfectly. I was very close to being a millionaire once, divorce took care of that dream, someone else became one on my work. Up until cancer and the physical ramifications of that made it impossible for me to continue working at age sixty eight, I worked hard my entire life. It started with me working two jobs while in high school. I had every  intension of working until at least seventy if not longer.

“I’m Tired" by Robert A. Hall
I’ll be 63 soon.  Except for one semester in college when jobs were scarce, and a six-month period when I was between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I’ve worked, hard, since I was 18.  Despite some health challenges, I still put in 50-hour weeks, and haven’t called in sick in seven or eight years. 

I make a good salary, but I didn’t inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am.  Given the economy, there’s no retirement in sight, and I’m tired.  Very tired. 
I’m tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth around" to people who don’t have my work ethic.  I’m tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy or stupid to earn it. 

I’m tired of being told that I have to pay more taxes to "keep people in their homes.”  Sure, if they lost their jobs or got sick, I’m willing to help. But if they bought McMansions at three times the price of our paid-off, $250,000 condo, on one-third of my salary, then let the left-wing Congress-critters who passed Fannie and Freddie and the Community Reinvestment Act that created the bubble help them-with their own money. 

I’m tired of being told how bad America is by left-wing millionaires like Michael Moore, George Soros, and  Hollywood  entertainers who live in luxury because of the opportunities  America  offers.  In thirty years, if they get their way, the  United States will have the religious freedom and women’s rights of  Saudi Arabia , the economy of Zimbabwe, the freedom of the press of  China , the crime, and violence of  Mexico, the tolerance for Gay people of  Iran , and the freedom of speech of  Venezuela .  Won’t multiculturalism be beautiful? 

I’m tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for their family "honor;" of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they a aren’t "believers;" of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death for "adultery;" of Muslims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur’an and Shari’a law tells them to.
I believe "a man should be judged by the content of his character, not by the color of his skin."  I’m tired of being told that "race doesn’t matter" in the post-racial world of President Obama, when it’s all that matters in affirmative action jobs, lower college admission and graduation standards for minorities (harming them the most), government contract set-asides, tolerance for the ghetto culture of violence and fatherless children that hurts minorities more than anyone, and in the appointment of US Senators from Illinois.  I think it’s very cool that we have a black president and that a black child is doing her homework at the desk where Lincoln wrote the emancipation proclamation.  I just wish the black president was Condi Rice, or someone who believes more in freedom and the individual and less in an all-knowing government. 

I’m tired of a news media that thinks Bush’s fundraising and inaugural expenses were obscene, but that think Obama’s, at triple the cost, were wonderful.  That thinks Bush exercising daily was a waste of presidential time, but Obama exercising is a great example for the public to control weight and stress, that picked over every line of Bush’s military records, but never demanded that Kerry release his, that slammed Palin with two years as governor for being too inexperienced for VP, but touted Obama with three years as senator as potentially the best president ever. Wonder why people are dropping their subscriptions or switching to Fox News?  Get a clue.  I didn’t vote for Bush in 2000, but the media and Kerry drove me to his camp in 2004. 

I’m tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia use our oil money to fund mosques and madrassa Islamic schools to preach hate in America, while no American group is allowed to fund a church, synagogue, or religious school in Saudi Arabia to teach love and tolerance. 

I’m tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate.  My wife and I live in a two-bedroom apartment and carpool together five miles to our jobs.  We also own a three-bedroom condo where our daughter and granddaughter live.  Our carbon footprint is about 5% of Al Gore’s, and if you’re greener than Gore, you’re green enough. 

I’m tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do.  Did a giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses while they tried to fight it off?  I don’t t hink Gay people choose to be Gay, but I damn sure think druggies chose to take drugs.  And I’m tired of harassment from cool people treating me like a freak when I tell them I never tried marijuana. 

I’m tired of illegal aliens being called "undocumented workers," especially the ones who aren’t working, but are living on welfare or crime.  What’s next?  Calling drug dealers, Undocumented Pharmacists"?  And, no, I’m not against Hispanics.  Most of them are Catholic and it’s been a few hundred years since Catholics wanted to kill me for my religion.  I’m willing to fast track for citizenship any Hispanic person, who can speak English, doesn’t have a criminal record and who is self-supporting without family on welfare, or who serves honorably for three years in our military.  Those are the citizens we need. 

I’m tired of latte liberals and journalists, who would never wear the uniform of the Republic themselves, or let their entitlement-handicapped kids near a recruiting station, trashing our military.  They and their kids can sit at home, never having to make split-second decisions under life and death circumstances, and bad mouth better people then themselves.  Do bad things happen in war?  You bet.  Do our troops sometimes misbehave?  Sure. Does this compare with the atrocities that were the policy of our enemies for the last fifty years-and still are?  Not even close.  So here’s the deal.  I’ll let myself be subjected to all the humiliation and abuse that was heaped on terrorists at Abu Ghraib or Gitmo, and the critics can let themselves be subject to captivity by the Muslims who tortured and beheaded Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, or the Muslims who tortured and murdered Marine Lt. Col. William Higgins in Lebanon, or the Muslims who ran the blood-spattered Al Qaeda torture rooms our troops found in Iraq, or the Muslims who cut off the heads of schoolgirls in Indonesia, because the girls were Christian. Then we’ll compare notes.  British and American soldiers are the only troops in history that civilians came to for help and handouts, instead of hiding from in fear. 

I’m tired of people telling me that their party has a corner on virtue and the other party has a corner on corruption.  Read the papers-bums are bipartisan.  And I’m tired of people telling me we need bipartisanship.  I live in  Illinois , where the "Illinois Combine" of Democrats and Republicans has worked together harmoniously to loot the public for years.  And I notice that the tax cheats in Obama’s cabinet are bipartisan as well.

I’m tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers, and politicians of both parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting caught.  I’m tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor. 
Speaking of poor, I’m tired of hearing people with air-conditioned homes, color TVs and two cars called poor. The majority of Americans didn’t have that in 1970, but we didn’t know we were "poor.”  The poverty pimps have to keep changing the definition of poor to keep the dollars flowing. 

I’m real tired of people who don’t take responsibility for their lives and actions.  I’m tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination, or big-whatever for their problems. 

Yes, I’m damn tired.  But I’m also glad to be 63.  Because, mostly, I’m not going to get to see the world these people are making.  I’m just sorry for my granddaughter.

 
Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam veteran who served five terms in the Massachusetts State Senate.

I wish he was a polticion

March 12, 2009 12:00 AM
Now Obama Tells Us?
What an honest campaign would have sounded like.
By Victor Davis Hanson

Imagine that last fall, before being elected, Barack Obama had outlined the positions he has embraced since being inaugurated. An honest campaign speech could have gone something like this:
“As we approach Election Day, the American people should not waste the crisis we find ourselves in.
“Consequently, if elected, I promise to get us over the Bush financial meltdown with a stimulus program that will borrow $787 billion — which, of course, will add to the already sizable budget deficit (nearly $500 billion) projected in the Bush administration’s last budget.
“By March of next year, my new $3.6 trillion budget will include a spending bill with over 8,500 budget earmarks to target in-need constituents.

“In addition to the stimulus/borrowing plan, I intend to devote $634 billion to fund a new supplementary national health-care system. But that is not all. Unfortunately, the initial Bush bank bailout of some $700 billion also may well have to be augmented by an additional $750 billion.
“Although my new spending proposals may raise the federal deficit in my first year to $1.75 trillion, I promise the American people that by the end of my first term, I will halve the federal deficit — albeit adding another $3 to $5 trillion to the national debt.
“Those savings can be accomplished by upping the federal income tax to about 40 percent on those rich 5 percent of Americans who currently pay only 60 percent of our aggregate income taxes — as well as lifting Social Security caps on their payroll taxes and cutting out many of their tax deductions.
“With state income taxes, federal income tax, and Social Security and payroll taxes, along with new cutbacks in deductions, some of these rich will pay over 60 percent of their incomes in taxes. That is not an unreasonable rate in comparison with past levels — or the fact that well over 40 percent of Americans do not make enough to pay any federal income taxes.
“I expect that Wall Street may react negatively to these proposals. We may see the Dow fall an additional 2,000 to 3,000 points after I’m elected. It may descend to under 7,000 during my first weeks of office. And this may be the moment when the economy continues to cool and unemployment rises.
“But to deal with this reaction of entrenched interests, I promise a fresh team of hard-nosed American professionals — understanding that it is impossible to ensure that none have past insider connections and occasional tax problems.
“From the former Clinton administration, I will select Rahm Emanuel to run my staff. To oversee revenue, Timothy Geithner will assemble a large team at Treasury. Senator Clinton herself will run State, and I will anchor my cabinet with pros like Tom Daschle, Eric Holder, Bill Richardson, and Hilda Solis.
“On matters of protecting civil liberties, I assure the American people that I have examined the Patriot Act, the FISA accords, and renditions — and I have discovered that they, in fact, do not shred our Constitution. I will, however, shut down Guantanamo Bay — but must keep it open another year and appoint a task force to study the issue.
“Our new direction in energy policy will center on cap-and-trade initiatives that promote wind and solar power. While we won’t rule out oil, gas, coal, and nuclear development, problems with greenhouse-gas emissions and nuclear waste mean that these ossified 20th-century industries — including new offshore-drilling development — must be discouraged and further taxed or regulated to subsidize our green future.
“Abroad, I promise to give America a new image. My first television interview will be with al Arabiya. Due to both new initiatives and my unique background, I can reassure them that no longer will the United States alienate the Muslim world. Our aim is to return to stable and friendly relations with the Middle East characteristic of 20-30 years ago.
“Indeed, on matters in the Middle East, I will bring back my suspended adviser Samantha Power. I look forward to her input, along with that of Charles Freeman, former ambassador to Saudi Arabia and critic of Israel, as head of the National Intelligence Council, to craft new directions in the region.
“We expect to open new dialogues with Basher al-Assad of Syria and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran without preconditions. And to further the cause of peace in the Middle East, the United States will pledge almost $1 billion to help rebuild the Gaza strip that is governed by Hamas.”
Now all that would have been hope and change that we could have voted on.

— Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a recipient of the 2007 National Humanities Medal. © 2009 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

From Capitalism Magazine: Obama’s Plans Will ‘Work’ — To Breed Servile Dependence by Richard Salsman.

Oddly, these [conservative] “critics” [of Obama's economic policies] bestow undeserved compliments on their political opponents – and thus provide them with crucial political cover. By implicitly praising their enemy’s underlying motives, these critics effectively shield them from justified criticism. The critics who argue this way – including Rush Limbaugh – unwittingly carry water for President Obama. By insisting the schemes “won’t work,” the “critics” mean they won’t work to grow the economy – won’t revive the stock market – won’t fix the banks – won’t attract capitalists on strike – won’t bolster job creation – and won’t lift the poor out of poverty. Well, all that’s true, but it’s false to assume the Obama administration actually wants to achieve these things.

In fact, it wants no such thing.

It has other ideas — a wholly opposite aim.

Besides a desire for re-election, shared by all politicians, at root the Obama Administration wants individuals and firms to become more dependent on government. That requires not merely a more intensive redistribution of wealth to the needy (whether needy people or needy firms), but also programs and plans that might proliferate the ranks of the needy, even if that requires turning otherwise healthy people and firms into unhealthy, needy ones.

Mr. Salsman is exactly right. Mr. Obama does want to convert te entire country, people and businesses into welfare dependent Zombies. An outrageous sized government. Take a look at the banks, financial institutions and the auto companies. They are now under government scrutiny with possible punishment if they don’t toe the line.

Private citizens will not be far behind. Tucked way down deep in that porkulus bill was an amendment to give the IRS a lot more power. The right to privacy is a thing of the past.

The country is upside down, all brought to you by a Chicago Community Organizer. All the libs and the Demoncrats in Washington are singing Koom-Ba-Ya with the Dead Cat Bounce the stock market is going through. It goes up a couple hundred points over a five day period and they think the recession is over. If you don’t mind, I am going to continue to protect my money until I see what happens when the bill comes due on all this spending. For cripes sake he is pushing through a three and one half trillion dollar budget. It looks like it is on the fast track and the Republicans wont even be able to block it. I’m watching that idiot Robert Gibbs in the endless press conferences, they are using smoke and mirrors. Getting people to concentrate on getting back the money AIG paid out in bonuses which were contracted well before the bail out money was doled out. It was only 163 million dollars, we are supposed to ignore the 170 billion dollars they received in the bailout, how much of that money did they use to shore up the business? The answer is easy, I don’t need a calculator, NONE. They shuffled it off to other banks. I should put a bank sign in front of my house, I’ll call it (Poor Man’s Bank)

This all makes me sick

I don’t mean an influx of Federal (strings attached) stimulus money. That would amount to me taking a $100 bill out of my right pocket and having the government handing me $12 buck to put in my left pocket. Where the hell did the $88 go? Well it seems that the money will go to people who contribute nothing to the tax tables, and for the most part nothing to society but problems.

From the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association: 

Proposition 1A is a blatant attempt to raise all Californians’ taxes to support the continual overspending by Sacramento politicians.

Sacramento Politicians Wage War Against California Taxpayers!

Sacramento politicians just raised taxes on all Californians while 1 in 10 is unemployed, foreclosures are at record levels, and people and jobs are leaving the state.

These new taxes will cost the average California family over $1,100 per year.

With the federal tax increases, and yes you fuckin’ libtard bastards, you will see your money going down the toilet just like the rest of us. Even if you don’t work, you will see an increase in your electric and gas bills. You will see an increase in how much it will cost to fill the gas tank. Even if you live in a cardboard box, you will have less money, because the people you pan handle  from wont have any money in their pockets.

California is taking it a step further with Prop 1A.

The Governor and two-thirds of the Legislature have voted to make California taxpayers the highest taxed people in the country for the next two years. To make matters worse, these same political elitists have placed Proposition 1A on the May 19 special election ballot, which would DOUBLE the damage to taxpayers if passed.

Here is what is important about Proposition 1A: Masked behind a phony spending limit is an extension of the massive tax increase just approved. Proposition 1A means an additional two years, for a total of 4 years of record high taxes. That’s another $16 billion of your money!

It seems that they can always find a RINO or two to help pass these frickin’ bills. This guy Swartzenkenedy ran as a Republican, taking advantage of the recall of Grey Davis. He is no conservative, he may have an (R) after his name, but he is a Kennedy it sounds like his wife is running the state with help from Uncle Teddy (Swimmer).

THE FACTS:

Prop. 1A will raise taxes on all Californians and extend them for an additional two years, taking another $16 billion from you! The already approved tax increase will cost a typical California family $1,100 annually.

HIGHER SALES TAX! Prop. 1A will extend the sales tax hike for another two years. California taxpayers already pay the highest sales tax in the nation — this is a direct attack on all working families, especially low-income residents.

HIGHER CAR TAX! Prop. 1A will extend the DOUBLING of the car tax. This affects every California car owner.

HIGHER STATE INCOME TAX! Prop. 1A will extend an income tax increase for two extra years. Californians already pay the highest income tax rates in the nation. And now they will collect more from you.

REDUCTION OF TAX CREDIT FOR DEPENDENTS! Californians with children will see a reduction in the tax credits for dependents, costing families $200 per child. Prop. 1A will extend this attack on families for an extra two years.

The State Capitol has been moved before, I think it is time to move it again, only this time let’s not tell them where we moved it. The spendulus politicians in Sackatomatoes can sit around the tables and act important. Meanwhile we can start over in the new capitol. Not a bad idea for all the cities around the state that are jumping on the band wagon with tax increases either.

Demoncrats are not te only ones at blame, there was a hell of a lot of Pubbie Pork in the so called stimulus bill just passed in congress. Maybe it’s time to abandon Washington DC too. How about Omaha as the new capitol and let’s not tell any of the politicians in Washington either. Maybe with a redo we could get people who actually believe in The Constitution

Tell me again why we bailed out the banks. I thought it was to get them on their feet and start making loans here in this country.

From Fox News

Citi Group received $50 billion, they made a loan of $8 billion to Dubai. Aren’t they one of those countries sitting on top of a whole hell of a lot of oil?

Bank of America received $45 billion, they invested $7 billion in China. They are still sort of on our enemies list aren’t they? If not they should be.

JP Morgan received $25 billion, they invested $1 billion in India. I hope some of that money was for Bhut Jolakias.

Next time around perhaps congress will think twice about pouring more water in a sink hole. Let them go belly up some other bank will step up to fill the gap, most likely some foreign owned bank. Oh wail! That has already happened. That is why we don’t keep any of our money in banks. Your local Credit Union is much safer.

From Pajama Media 

Obama: The Great Divider

Clickie read, enjoy and learn. Some very good VDH advice to the Messiah.