RANT: Was O’s “press conference” really a dog ‘n’ pony show?

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

As I was forced to watch this “political theater” by Frau, I tried to do something useful — beat my best Sudoku time. No sense wasting time.

I was taken by a picture on Drudge of O and the teleprompter.

Then, watching the live event, (after messing up a puzzle and before starting a new one), i was SHOCKED!

“I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!” Captain Renault in Casablanca  

Shocked with the realization that he was READING his “answers” to the questions!

Were the questions submitted in advance?

Were the “impromptu” answers pre-written for them?

Was this all a GIANT fraud? A dog ‘n’ pony show that was NOT what it was supposed to be. Reporters asking a President with controversial problem tough question?

Say it ain’t so, Joe. (Biden might actual blurt out the truth!)

Was this a big fraud? Was the media complicit in this “theater”?

Well!? I’d like some answers.

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RANT: Eliminate the SEC

Monday, February 9, 2009

Since the SEC failed to catch Madoff, despite nine years of warnings, I think its $950 million annual budget is obviously a waste of money.

And, what genius eliminated the “Uptick Rule”? And, “mark to market” for illiquid securities; that value is obviously zero. And, on and on.

What’s Chapter 11 for a failed gooferment agency?

Right, give it a budget increase!

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RANT: About the pork fest “stimulus” bill

Sunday, February 8, 2009

reinkefj has left a new comment on the post “Not as stimulating as we’d hopede“:

No? Tax cuts, when accompanied by spending cuts, don’t accomplish anything? Please explain how Kennedy’s “rising tide raises all boats” tax cut and Regan’s “government is the problem” tax cut ignited decades of prosperity. Guess it was just luck.

Personally, I’d like to see the congress critters ELIMINATE the corporate tax (corps don’t pay taxes they just pass them along to real people hidden in the prices), the death tax (grave robbers! destroy a person’s life’s work like the real family farm), and the regressive payroll tax (humorously referred to as the employee’s and employer’s share; like it all doesn’t come out of the employee’s pocket).

Of course, to pay for it, I’d close the Department of Agriculture (for rich psuedo farms), Commerce (for big business), HHS (meddling the State’s business and spend lots of money), … … did I pay for it yet? … … I’d end the psuedo-Drug War, pardon all non-violent drug offenders, shut down Selective Service, close Job Corps, Head Start, … … did I pay for it yet? … AMTRACK, Post Office, … … I must be close … … Repeal legal tender laws.

If we did that I’m SURE that there would be an economic boom that would rival any previous one.

I’d shut down the TSA, shut down welfare, and take the plastic bag off the Statue of Liberty. No illegal immigration problem if there are ZERO freebies. Everyone has to work. No free loaders in the life boat.

I’d task the FBI to review every fraudulent loan document and prosecute the fraudsters.

I think that would be a good first step! It’s easy once you get the country moving back towards Liberty!

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RANT: THE 1T$ poop

Saturday, February 7, 2009

The so called stimulus bill is a national disgrace. We may, in fact, need a stimulus for the economy. But, that issue, imho, is very much in doubt. If so, the way to do that is to ELIMINATE the corporate income tax. Corporations don’t pay taxes; people do. Corporations just pass taxes along and hide them in the price of goods sold. TO everyone; even poor people. (Eliminate the corporate tax and watch the foreign government REALLY complain about unfair competition.) That will jump start the economy! DOn’t come back to New Jersey and try to “sell” this stimulus as a good thing. If you want me to EVER vote for a D agin. THe D’s ‘own” this mess.

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RANT: Tax revolt?

Friday, February 6, 2009

FROM FACEBOOK:

Bill Buran’s Notes

Complete hypocrisy by the Democrates on Taxes
Yesterday at 8:03pm

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Now I am against all form of income taxes and certainly try to limit my exposure, but I still unwillingly pay…more and more each year.

Yet…when a Democrat going for higher office knowingly does not pay taxes while insisting we all need to pay more to “spread the wealth”…I guess just not his wealth.

This angers me more each day and gives more reason to vote them all out…to be fair this goes for all in Congress and the Senate.

If a Democrat evades paying taxes that must paint a bigger picture of this insane overburden tax system.

So when do we all just say NO and stop giving our fruits of labor (private property) to a dysfunctional government.

Tax Revolt anyone????…..seriously!

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MY RESPONSE:

It’s actually worse than anyone thinks. Inflation is the hidden tax on all of us. Taxes, via corporations, are hidden in all we buy. Some taxes, like gas, and “fees”, like real estate closing taxes or car excise taxes, are added onto the purchase prices and become invisible to the buyer. And, the only indicator of the total tax load is the total gooferment spend. See tax reduction without spending reduction is an illusion. Inflation, debt, regulation, and “fees” are the “evil stepsisters” of the taxes we pay. We can’t even fathom how much we pay in taxes. It’s theft by deception!

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RANT: A good five minute rant about socialism

Thursday, February 5, 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuwgHNtyD54

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RANT: Who’s the “worst” President?

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Well, imho, we need a few decades to properly evaluate the “worst” label.

There were the fellows who tried — Eisenhower (Identified the Military Industrial complex) and Regan (Couldn’t control the Congressional spending).

There was Carter whos was merely incompetent; not evil.

Bush41 reneged on “read my lips, no new taxes”.

Clinton was too busy with intens to kill or capture Bin Laden; that might have prevented 9/11. Clinton (“I did not have sex with that woman” and parsing the word ‘is’) set a new low for personal conduct. And, was a negative moral influence on a generation.

Bush43 was another incompetent big G socialist.

Now we can get into the competition for the “worst”! Runners up:

Wilson, who campaigned on peace, instituted the draft, signed the Federal Reserve act, and immediately led us into WW1 which set the table for WW2.

FDR, who maneuvered us into WW2 via Pearl Harbor and entrenched Socialistic Big Government.

Truman who dropped the A-bomb on civilians.

BUT, the “worst” has to be Lincoln.

(1) The War of Northern Aggression. What you call the Civil War. What some call the Second American Revolution. There is no Constitutional, legal, or moral justification for this war on “his” own citizens. That alone would rocket him too the top of the list.

(2) Income tax to pay for that war. Government debt too. And, a draft for poor folks to fight the war; rich people could buy their way out.

(3) Freedom of Press savaged when editors dared to criticism him.

(4) Atrocities against civilian populations like Sherman’s “March to the Sea”.

(5) Single handedly destroying the concept of a Union of Equals amd morphing into the USA as the tyrant state.

And, don’t forget, he want to send all the “Negros” back to Africa. A racist among his other “endearing” qualities.

Slavery was a smokescreen! It wasn’t about slavery. The rest of the world, for the most part, eliminated slavery peacefully. At the time of the war, there had been plans to buy all the slaves and free them. It was a labor model that was unsustainable.

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RANT: Anti-abortion ad reject for the Superbowl

Sunday, February 1, 2009

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87440

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2CaBR3z85c

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“NBC claims it doesn’t allow advocacy ads, but that’s not true,” Burch said. “They were willing to air an ad by PETA if they would simply tone down the sexual suggestiveness. Our ad is far less provocative, and hardly controversial by comparison.”

He said, unlike the salacious PETA commercial, the pro-life ad is clean and has a positive message.

“There is nothing objectionable in this positive, life-affirming advertisement,” Burch said. “We show a beautiful ultrasound, something NBC’s parent company GE has done for years. We congratulate Barack Obama on becoming the first African-American President. And we simply ask people to imagine the potential of every human life.”

Concerned individuals may send comments about NBC’s decision to Victoria Morgan, vice president of advertising standards at NBC Universal, or call (212) 664-4267.

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“Mainstream Media” doesn’t let anyone speak that doesn’t conform to their agenda.

Lucky we have the inet to bypass them!

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RANT: Yet another mistake in the “justice system”

Sunday, February 1, 2009

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090131/D961PS281.html

Wis. man freed 23 years after wrongful conviction
Jan 30, 7:36 PM (ET)
By DINESH RAMDE and TODD RICHMOND

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MILWAUKEE (AP) – A man sentenced to life in prison for killing a woman in 1984 had his conviction overturned and was released Friday on a personal recognizance bond after spending 23 years behind bars.

Robert Lee Stinson, 44, of Milwaukee, walked out of the New Lisbon Correctional Institution in street clothes and hugged his sister and members of the Wisconsin Innocence Project. A judge vacated the sentence after the Project argued that bite-mark analysis and DNA evidence that didn’t match evidence from the crime scene, defense attorney Byron Lichstein said.

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Now, would anyone like to talk about the “death penalty”?

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RANT: Smoot Hawley — the 2009 version?

Saturday, January 31, 2009

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090131/D9624PL00.html

Obama facing dilemma over protectionism in bill

Jan 31, 8:01 AM (ET)

By DESMOND BUTLER

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Less than two weeks into office, President Barack Obama faces a dilemma over protectionist provisions in a massive economic stimulus bill: Backing the measures could set off a trade war, while opposing them could trigger a backlash from his supporters.

The choice involves “buy American” provisions attached to White House-backed stimulus legislation moving through Congress. They would require major public works projects to favor U.S. steel, iron and manufacturing over imports.

Some Democratic lawmakers and interest groups allied to the president support the measures, but international allies and trading partners are warning that favoring U.S. companies would breach U.S. trade commitments and could set off tit-for-tat countermeasures around the world.

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What bunch of idiots we have in Congress.

Did anyone read about the Great Depression and Smoot Hawley?

The mere passage of that was the trigger that set off the Great Depression. That didn’t end until WW2.

How stupid are they?

Warm up the lines to the congress critters!

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