Daily Rant – September 11, 2009
September 11, 2009
Today is community service day? Like we need a day for that INSTEAD of a remembrance 0f 9/11? This is something we, as Americans, already do out of the goodness of our hearts. I do not need an administration tool to tell me to give back to the community. I already do and have been for years. Maybe they are talking to those who are sucking off welfare? Doubt it. And don’t we pay taxes to get streets cleaned and trash picked up anyway?
Note to Granny who commented on the Marin Conservative Forum article I did on Wednesday; I know liberals because I used to be one. I know how you think. The best description I can give is one of moving the goal posts or changing the rules in the middle of the game. Also, you like to point fingers, but have no intellectual honesty when it comes to people you support.
Examples? Look at the recent bust on ACORN. I’m sure the two offenders were fired, but this is policy. Liberals who support the group will say it’s just a couple of bad “nuts” out of many good people. So where is that logic when it came to Abu Ghraib? Wasn’t it the entire military that was evil, not just a few individuals? So wouldn’t that apply to ACORN? You can’t have it both ways. ACORN is bad for America and should not be getting any of my money to operate.
You criticize big oil yet you drive around in your Prius and talk about saving the planet. Wake up! You still use oil and gas!
You criticize and want to tax the rich, yet you have some of the richest people running your Democrat party! Tax them!
You want people to pay taxes, but let Obama get away with nominating people to serve in his administration who are tax cheats!
You bash financial institutions and big car companies then turn around and cheer Obama when he bails them out! I thought you were against corporate welfare. What about corporate bailouts?
Another example would be the presidential elections of 2000 or the Minnesota senate race in 2008. Count and count until you get the number you want. In one case it was the right result for the wrong candidate. In another case it was the wrong result for the wrong candidate. You figure out which is which. Problem is, cheating to get the result you want is not honest. Win at any cost is your motto.
Another example, before the 2008 election, McCain was a great bi-partisan. As soon as he got the GOP nomination he had changed and gotten mean. Now that he lost (as he should have) he is a good guy again. Make up your mind! He’s good when he sides with Democrats but is wrong when he doesn’t.
Weapons of mass destruction. When will the left give that one up? They found them, they didn’t make a big deal about it because Bush wanted to tone down the rhetoric. Hussien USED them on his own people, yet they didn’t exist? Wake up, you fools!
Still another example would be Pelosi demanding an apology from Congressman Joe Wilson for his outburst, but she will not apologize to the CIA for lying about not knowing of the interrogation techniques when she was on the committee! Too arrogant to apologize, she is.
Finally, the left made a big deal that conservatives were criticizing Obama’s speech to the children which turned out to be nothing. Of course, it was okay when they went after Bush for talking to school kids. And of course Obama’s speech turned out to be nothing… he got so much static BEFORE the speech that he had to change it! Report that, CNN.
- FedUpEditor
Marin Conservative Forum Hosts Successful Meeting in Liberal Northern California
September 8, 2009
With representative like Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Lynn Woolsey, Diane Feinstein in our midst, who would have thought the Marin Conservative Forum could have drawn 70 conservative people for a dinner meeting? The get together was held at the Wild Fox Restaurant in Novato, California and was a huge success! We even had to add seating for people who brought friends.
Spokesman Tim Moreland of Tiburon led the group in the pledge before introducing the main contributors of the meeting, the steering committee members and several other members who had recently made the news. Catherine Bragg was in attendance and briefly shared her experience from the Town Hall meeting with Lynn Woolsey last month all the way through her Fox News appearance.
Basically the meeting was to describe how the forum works and some of the guidelines and goals of the group. Questions were asked and answered, unlike the recent town halls, and we adjourned after about two hours. It was a great event!
- FedUpEditor
Cash for Refrigerators?
September 8, 2009
Some think it is to boost the struggling appliance manufacturers, but I am sure it was another wrong-headed environmental scheme to get rid of perfectly good appliances and replace them with energy efficient ones. Way to go, Nancy! Is this really the federal government’s job???? – FedUpEditor
A $300 million cash-for-clunkers-type federal program to boost sales of energy-efficient home appliances provides a glimmer of hope for beleaguered makers of washing machines and dishwashers, but it’s probably not enough to lift companies such as Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR – News) and Electrolux out of the worst down cycle in the sector’s history.
Beginning late this fall, the program authorizes rebates of $50 to $200 for purchases of high-efficiency household appliances. The money is part of the broader economic stimulus bill passed earlier this year. Program details will vary by state, and the Energy Dept. has set a deadline of Oct. 15 for states to file formal applications. The Energy Dept. expects the bulk of the $300 million to be awarded by the end of November. (Unlike the clunkers auto program, consumers won’t have to trade in their old appliances.)
“These rebates will help families make the transition to more efficient appliances, making purchases that will directly stimulate the economy,” Energy Secretary Steven Chu said in a statement announcing the plan. Only appliances covered by the Energy Star seal will qualify. In 2008, about 55% of newly produced major household appliances met those standards, which are set by the Energy Dept. and Environmental Protection Agency.
The money can’t come soon enough for the home appliance industry, which is mired in an unprecedented sales slump that began when the housing market cooled in 2006. Since then that slump has worsened considerably. Shipments of washers, dryers, refrigerators, and ovens dropped 10% in 2008 and are down 15% through July, according to the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers. “It’s brutal,” says Raymond James (NYSE:RJF – News) analyst Sam Darkatsh.
Read the entire article here.
Daily Rant – September 6, 2009
September 6, 2009
Michael Moore is at it again, but instead of going after the crooks who managed the financial bailout, our congressmen and women, he is targeting the financial institutions themselves. Of course. The big fat idiot doesn’t know the truth when he sees it. The film maker is so in bed with Democrat politicians, he couldn’t make a truthful documentary to save his life… And speaking of his life, what if he had a heart attack. Would Obama’s health plan pay for his procedure when he obviously is living an unhealthy lifestyle! Remember his health care movie? Perhaps he would end up in wonderful Cuba. Good ridance!
-FedUpEditor
The Good News? Obama is Listening!
September 6, 2009
From Newsmax this morning: Obama ‘Green Jobs’ Adviser Van Jones Quits
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s environmental adviser Van Jones, who became embroiled in a controversy over past inflammatory statements, has resigned his White House job after what he calls a “vicious smear campaign against me.”
The resignation, disclosed without advance notice by the White House in an e-mail minutes into Sunday on a holiday weekend, came as Obama is working to regain his footing in the contentious health care debate.
Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly “green jobs” with the White House Council on Environmental Quality was linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the 2001 terror attacks and to derogatory comments about Republicans.
After the resignation, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Obama did not endorse Van Jones’ comments but thanked him for his service.
“What Van Jones decided was that the agenda of this president was bigger than any one individual,” said Gibbs. The president thanks Jones for his work and accepted his resignation, Gibbs said, adding that Jones “understood he was going to get in the way,” by becoming a liability to the administration. Gibbs spoke Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”
Read the entire article here.
This is how things are done in Washington. Rarely do people get fired. They are approached by the administration and asked to step down to save face. The bottom line? He’s gone!
- FedUpEditor
Daily Rant – September 5, 2009
September 5, 2009
I was rehashing last week’s Kennedy funeral and memorial service. I heard one of the children of the Kennedy clan actually talked about health care as being a right during one of the invocations. First of all, they had a child do it because it’s hard to criticize a kid at a relative’s funeral. Imagine had someone gotten up during Reagan’s service and invoked something like, “Ronald Reagan was a champion of lower taxes all his life and so we pray that congress create a constitutional amendment saying the government shall not take more than 2% of a person’s income.” Lord hear our prayer!
Just this side of the Wellstone memorial, Kennedy’s supporters did tone it down, but only a little. Just because the guy worked hard for single payer health care does not mean it’s a good idea. What if he thought slavery was a good thing? We should bring it back just because he worked for it? Ridiculous.
Tax the wealthy. How has that been working for you? The rich still seem to be rich and the poor still seem to be poor. The worst of it is, none of the problems that were supposed to be fixed have been. So why do you dummies keep voting for politicians who espouse this nonsense?
Lawyers are some of the wealthiest people in the United States, yet Democrats and some Republicans refuse tort reform. Lawyers are one the biggest lobbying groups in Washington and give a lot of money to both parties, I would assume, but mostly they support Democrats. They are the biggest problem we have with affordable health care. It’s not the insurance companies who are to blame. Once again, it is the politicians.
Just as they stood back and pointed the finger during the mortgage meltdown that they caused, so they keep accusing the insurance industry of causing the problem. Get government out of the business of overregulating them, and we will really see competition.
People are catching on. I guess we have to thank Obama for that one! Way to go, rookie!
- FedUpEditor
Stop Another California Land Grab!
September 2, 2009
C.A.R. is OPPOSING AB 226 (Ruskin) and AB 291 (Saldana) which among other things, gives the California Coastal Commission (Commission) judicial powers and gives Commission staff new, unprecedented authority to stop permit applications. Both bills may be considered by the entire Senate at any time.
Please contact your senator TODAY to OPPOSE these bills.
Daily Rant – September 2, 2009
September 2, 2009
Have you seen the movie Idiocracy? It’s a silly comedy that actually has some salient points. It is about the dumbing down of America to the point where people are so stupid they can no longer solve their own problems. The most watched television show is a reality show where entertainment is a guy getting hit in the groin in various ways. The government has made it so the only jobs are provided by one energy drink company (i.e. Gatorade) which is being used for everything including irrigation. This kills the crops so the result is a huge dust bowl.
Anyway, take it into today’s world and you see that we could easily be headed toward a similar future. Dumbing down of our schools by letting everyone pass so they will feel good about themselves does nothing to help society. People are not stupid, they are just being allowed to get by with failure.
We have an inept government right now. Look at what has happened since the lame duck session of George Bush. He passed the stimulus bill and Democrats jumped on board. It worked so poorly they want to do it again. We are trillions of dollars in debt and adding to in every moment, but we need to spend more money? At this point, they can stop pointing the finger at the previous administration. Democrats run everything and have nobody to blame but themselves. Besides, when does it become the current administration’s fault? After they are out of office? We were promised Obama would fix everything. He hasn’t. It’s gotten worse… much worse!
Next we had the mortgage meltdown. Barney Frank and his pals told us the sub prime mortgages were not in trouble. I guess that’s why we had to bail out all those financial institutions. Even banks that didn’t need the money were forced to take the handout so that other institutions wouldn’t be at an unfair disadvantage… What? If it’s a disadvantage to borrow money from the government, why are we letting them do it?
Next came the car company bailouts because they were “too big to fail”. This was really unpopular with the public, but they did it anyway. Trillions more dollars down the drain. And what happened? General Motors went bankrupt anyway. What did the bailout solve? Nothing!
Then Congress brought up the Cap and Trade bill which will drive our energy prices through the roof all in the name of stopping global warming… which is not happening. Polar bears are on an increase. Because the ice flows are growing and hunting seasons are longer thanks to global cooling, more cubs are surviving and populations are increasing. What will happen as a result? People may become extinct!
What do we have to say about the Health Care Bill that has not already been said? If this passes, people will be outraged. We’ve made it perfectly clear we want no part of this, so why are they REALLY pushing it? It will cost them the house and senate in 2010 and the presidency in 2012. Republicans better make something of it and not do what they did under Bush.
Cash for Clunkers. This program is a microcosm of the ineptness of government run anything. We are broke as a nation and yet some legislators (most of them from California) think it’s wise to use our money to help people buy cars. But the cars that are considered clunkers are perfectly good and could be given to poor families who can’t keep their real clunkers running. Instead these trade-ins are scrapped. And now car dealers are having trouble getting reimbursed by the government! Good plan!
If things weren’t bad enough in our own country, Obama (remember the guy who didn’t want to interfere in Iran) wants to interfere in the Honduras situation. A thug dictator was elected and refused to leave office under the terms of the constitution so the PEOPLE had him removed from office. Obama thinks he should be put back in office. Maybe Obama is afraid this will happen to him once people find out he is not a US citizen?
The final insult is this swine flu farce. It has just been made public that the government wants to FORCE people to get vaccinated. Wasn’t this a free country?
- FedUpEditor
Daily Rant – September 1, 2009
September 1, 2009
Now that I am back from vacation, let me ask you a question. Has taxing the rich ever worked? I mean, the rich are still rich and the poor just keep getting poorer. The worst part about it is, none of the problems politicians say they are going to fix ever works. But the American people just keep on buying it… Democrats in particular.
Over and over again, they spout the liberal lie and for some reason history doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter that they have been promising to fix things forever. So what happens when Republicans get in power? Nothing gets fixed either. I heard it said, the job of a politician is to keep getting elected. You would think that was hard to do if problems never got fixed. But look at Ted Kennedy.
Kennedy was in the Senate 42 years! Although he promised to fix education and poverty with hundreds of bills, not one of those things has been fixed, let alone been improved! Every year they need more and more money for programs that don’t work, and conservatives are bad guys if they suggest their being cut. So why would we EVER consider listening to Ted Kennedy on health care?
Even liberal Marin County, California where I live is beginning to wake up. It is hard for me to believe that only Republicans are the ones showing up protesting Lynn Woolsey’s or Nancy Pelosi’s offices. Frankly, I didn’t think there were that many conservatives in California. But people are showing up from ALL parties and speaking up about this travesty called health care.
Will they listen? Hard to say. I’m sure Woolsey, Pelosi. Boxer and Feinstein feel pretty secure in their seats, but that could change if they push this unpopular legislation. Remember, Californians did elect Ronald Reagan.
- FedUpEditor
Newt asks you to join the conservative revolution
August 31, 2009
Note: I am not a big Newt Gingrich supporter. Though he did a lot to get the contract with America when he ran the House when Republicans controlled it, but his recent cozying up with Hillary Clinton on her health care plan and some of his recent antics make me wary of where he really stands on issues. Again, I think it is the difference between being a conservative and being a politician. I think Newt is the latter. – FedUpEditor
President Obama and his allies in Washington rammed through a $787 Billion package to “stimulate” our economy, and the Obama Stimulus has completely failed.
This policy of politicians borrowing from the Chinese to pay off big business and big bureaucracy has not created a single job, nor jumpstarted our economy. Contrary to all the rosy predictions and promises made, the Obama Stimulus has only succeeded in growing our annual deficit to an unprecedented $1.8 Trillion while our country continues to bleed jobs at a historic clip. America now borrows 46 cents for every dollar Uncle Sam spends as unemployment continues to swell closer to 10 percent.
The Left argues that “stimulus” is how you grow the economy, but most Americans know that you grow the economy by creating the conditions for stronger job creation. President Obama just doesn’t get it. His liberal Stimulus package failed, and now he wants to double down on failure with energy and health care taxes that will kill jobs and economic growth for years to come. But we understand that creating permanent, long-term economic growth and new jobs requires a real “change” in how Washington does business.
Four very bold “Reagan-Style” tax changes will reinvigorate America’s small businesses, spur job growth, and bring back prosperity:
- Cut Payroll Taxes in Half for two years to substantially increase worker take-home pay and encourage employers to create more jobs.
- Abolish the Capital Gains Tax so America can compete with China. This will spark an American economic renaissance with capital investment for new factories, new companies and technologies, and new long lasting jobs.
- Reduce the Corporate Tax Rate to match Ireland’s 12.5 percent to make America immediately more competitive in the world market instead of punishing businesses and sending good jobs overseas.
- Eliminate the Death Tax to stop double-taxing and punishing responsible Americans by confiscating from those who work hard, provide, and save for their families.
Each of these commonsense policy solutions would drive job creation and truly stimulate our economy. We can create a new era of enduring prosperity without tax increases, bailouts for the irresponsible, and wasteful government spending. Reasonable Americans, and especially conservatives, need to once again get engaged in the battle of ideas. Our country needs and deserves better policy ideas than what we’re getting out of Washington.
And that is why Citizens for the Republic (CFTR), needs your urgent contribution of $25 or more to not only stop the reckless spending, tax and cap climate bill, and government takeover of healthcare, but offer positive and proven solutions for the future.
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