tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36221581212841757722024-03-13T22:25:25.770-07:00Internet InfantryRead My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-28245168317669068962010-09-01T19:35:00.000-07:002010-09-01T19:36:29.027-07:00Gold Star Mom: Obama Disingenous in Taking Credit for Iraq Success<span style="font-style: italic;">President praises troops for winning, but fails to admit he was wrong about war strategy</span><br /><br />Gold Star Mother and Move America Forward Spokesperson Debbie Lee, whose son Marc Alan Lee was the first US Navy SEAL to be killed in the war in Iraq, had this to say in response to President Barack Obama’s Oval Office speech on Iraq. Obama's 20 minute address was delivered last night to the 1.5 million heroes who served in Iraq, their families, and millions of Americans across the country, Move America Forward, the nation’s largest pro-troop organization, issued the following statement:<br /> <br /> Veterans and military families were shocked and appalled at the blatant manner in which President Barack Obama took credit for success in Iraq in his oval office address last night. Obama boldly tried to take credit by stating it was his policies that resulted in the ending of hostilities in Iraq and the pullout of combat troops. <br /> <br />In reality, the phased drawdown of troops and equipment and transfer of security to Iraqi forces began well before Obama took office. The troop drawdown and transfer of authority to the Iraqi government began long before Obama was even elected president. In July of 2008 there were already 10 Iraqi provinces that had been transferred to Iraqi responsibility, and on September 1st, 2008, Anbar province, once one of the most dangerous places in the country, was stabilized enough to be transferred over to Iraqi security forces. On December 31, 2008, President Bush signed a “Status of Forces Agreement” with the Iraqi government that eventually led to the pullout of troops from Iraqi cities and set a deadline for eventually removing all U.S. troops from the country by 2011. President Obama and his administration had nothing to do with any of these factors, so his claim that these were his campaign promises is an outright fabr ication. <br /> <br />All of our troops deserve credit for their service. Without them, the war would not have been won and our troops, collectively deserve the most credit for success in Iraq. But the one individual singly most responsible for the victory in Iraq, President Bush, was mentioned only briefly by President Obama, but was never given credit for leading the country through the darkest months of the war, until eventually a new day dawned on Iraq and the United States of America. <br /> <br />President Bush deserves credit for standing by our troops when politicians like Obama were calling for retreat, cut-and-run, and defeat. Even as security gains in Iraq were becoming apparent, our current President Obama, then a senator, said, “President Bush [said] that the Surge is working, when we know that’s just not true.” Vice President Joe Biden foolishly added, “This whole notion that the surge is working is fantasy.” <br /> <br />It is now obvious that the surge did accomplish something: victory in Iraq. We know now that all these statements made by Obama and his friends on the left were dead wrong, yet Obama doesn’t dare admit that he and many of his cohorts on the left were wrong about Iraq. <br /> <br />The audacity of Obama’s shameful perspective on the war expressed in his oval office speech could not be more crystallized by his ironic telling of the story of the Army’s 4th Stryker Brigade, which Obama described in his closing words as “just a convoy of brave Americans, making their way home. This time, no shots were fired,” he said. <br /> <br />If America had taken Obama’s cut-and-run advice, the Army’s 4th Stryker Brigade would have left Iraq in utter retreat, being chased out by shots fired from Kalashnikovs and RPGs the whole way. Thanks to the leadership of President Bush, that shameful scene was never realized, and those troops can now come home proud of their victory.Read My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-78629743620103390912010-07-30T11:43:00.001-07:002010-07-30T11:43:48.691-07:00Growing Chorus of Experts Call on Congress to Block Democrats’ 2011 Tax HikesThis week, a wide array of economists joined Congressional Republicans in calling on Democrats to prevent their planned massive tax hike: <br />
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<a href="http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=87677-6857066">Mark Zandi, Moody’s Economy.com Chief Economist</a>, who is often called upon by Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats for economic guidance, advised that “I would not allow those tax increases to take hold on January 1st either.” <br />
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<a href="http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=87678-6857066">James Bullard, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis</a>, warned “Increasing taxes while you’re trying to get the economy to recover is not a good plan.” <br />
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<a href="http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=87679-6857066">Experts at Deutsche Bank</a> announced that failing to prevent the looming tax hikes would halt any economic recovery. These experts specifically noted that failing to block all the tax hikes would reduce GDP growth by over 1 percent. <br />
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<a href="http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=87680-6857066">Economists at Barclays Capital</a> estimated that failing to block the pending tax hikes would cause the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to decline by almost 9%. <br />
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These economists are echoing the <a href="http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=87681-6857066">analysis</a> by Dr. Christina Romer, President Obama’s chief economist, whose research found that tax hikes “have a very large, sustained, and highly significant negative impact on output.” <br />
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At a time when economic growth remains stagnant and the unemployment rate hovers around 10 percent, these experts recognize that the Democrats’ planned massive tax hike would cripple the economy and destroy jobs.<br />
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<a href="http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=87682-6857066">www.Republicans.WaysandMeans.House.Gov</a>Georgia Front Page.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18248749393644673382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-27962536982622708842010-03-12T08:36:00.001-08:002010-03-12T08:36:48.842-08:00Hoyer: House ready to move forward without a deal on abortionHouse Democrats are ready to "forge ahead" on healthcare without a deal on abortion, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Friday. <br />
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Read more: <a href="http://www.thehill.com/homenews/house/86427-hoyer-house-ready-to-move-forward-without-a-deal-on-abortion">http://www.thehill.com/homenews/house/86427-hoyer-house-ready-to-move-forward-without-a-deal-on-abortion</a>Georgia Front Page.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18248749393644673382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-15956811147913790082010-02-19T11:12:00.001-08:002010-02-19T11:12:57.029-08:00Boehner says:<a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/61609">‘Both Parties Are Guilty,’ Boehner Says at CPAC </a>(CNSNews.com) – At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) pledged that Americans can count on him to change the way Congress works if Republicans take the House in the coming elections. He also stressed that he is “serious” about listening to “those who are really in charge of this country: the American people.”...Georgia Front Page.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18248749393644673382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-73482551367249693602009-12-28T09:11:00.000-08:002009-12-28T09:13:37.788-08:00U.S. placed under international police-stateIn the dead of night on December 17, 2009, President Barack Hussein Obama placed the United States of America under the authority of the international police organization known as INTERPOL, granting the organization full immunity to operate within the United States.<br /><br />According to <a href="http://threatswatch.org/analysis/2009/12/wither-sovereignty/" target="_blank">Threatswatch</a>:<br /><br /><em>Last Thursday, December 17, 2009, The White House released an Executive Order "</em><a title="The White House: Executive Order - Amending Executive Order 12425" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425"><em>Amending Executive Order 12425</em></a><em>." It grants INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organization) a new level of full diplomatic immunity afforded to foreign embassies and select other "International Organizations" as set forth in the United States International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>By removing language from President Reagan's 1983 Executive Order 12425, this international law enforcement body now operates - now operates - on American soil beyond the reach of our own top law enforcement arm, the FBI, and is immune from Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) requests. </em><br /><br />What, exactly does this mean? It means that INTERPOL now has the full authority to conduct investigations and other law enforcement activities on U.S. soil, with full immunity from U.S. laws such as the Freedom of Information Act and with complete independence from oversight from the FBI.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-3704-Columbia-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m12d26-US-placed-under-international-policestate">http://www.examiner.com/x-3704-Columbia-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m12d26-US-placed-under-international-policestate</a>Georgia Front Page.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18248749393644673382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-11139981626683211252009-12-15T07:19:00.000-08:002009-12-15T07:34:47.252-08:00Guantanamo, Taxes, Terrorists and other stuff<strong>Guantanamo:</strong> What if the only reason the terrorist's friends haven't tried to free their friends in prison is because it was in Cuba? They're not "at war" with Cuba... What if by moving the prisoners to American soil it becomes way too tempting a target? After all, if there's American collateral damage, what do they care, they'll be thrilled...<br /><br />Our military does the best of the best job when it comes to keeping prisoners where they belong. What happens when we have non-military jailers?<br /><br />And, we're going to mix non-terrorist prisoners in with these die-hard Jihad believing types? Guess where they get some of their best American recruits? Well, duh, Mr. President.<br /><br /><strong>Democrats Jumping Ship:</strong> I wonder how many are announcing they won't run again because they see the writing on the wall regarding their chances of being re-elected, and how many are simply leaving because they can't buck their own party and they're as disgusted as the rest of us?<br /><br /><strong>Health Care:</strong> We know that once they pass this mess, no matter how watered down it becomes, they'll just add stuff to it in the dark on a Saturday night. We'll never know what hit us until we can't get in to see our doctor and we have European style taxes.<br /><br /><strong>2010 Elections:</strong> We better get our act together, get our butts working in concert or we're going to lose this country completely. At least if we get enough of the right people in office next year we may, may be able to staunch the flow and possibly even reverse some of the mess.<br /><br /><strong>Taxes:</strong> Hold onto your wallets if you can. When they start talking about taxing the purchase of stocks (when they already tax on the other end), when they go on spending sprees that are ridiculous, they're coming for our dollars to feed their addiction.<br /><br /><strong>Spending:</strong> They have no concept of what they're doing because it's just paper money. I don't mean the paper money that we carry in our wallets, I mean it's just figures on a piece of paper. It doesn't hurt when they spend because it doesn't hurt to get the money. Washington is completely out of control.<br /><br /><strong>Congress:</strong> They think they know more than we do. They think they are kings and queens and that the peons out here in voter land don't have a clue about what's really going on... we're being led, we're idiots. They are just a different form of terrorist. They are the reason we broke away from England, Spain and other countries. We're back where we started, or close to it. We need to show them in the ballot box just how much power we have. Let's hope we can all pull together and act on that power in 2010 (and every special election until then).Georgia Front Page.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18248749393644673382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-76891045504100470092009-12-10T18:54:00.000-08:002009-12-10T18:55:36.025-08:00How to fight the UN Copenhagen Treaty & Cap N TradeWhat Do We Need To Do?--- Invite your friends, tell your neighbors, write the blogs, and call your local media.--- On Monday December 14th 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Turn off the power and stay home. This Monday, WE MUST turn OFF the lights, UNPLUG our refrigerators, and STAY home!<br /><br />For four hours, we will nonviolently protest the costly taxes Obama & the UN want for America.<br /><br />For four hours, we will live as The EPA wants us to, like it’s 1885. Obama insists America needs to spend more to begin the recovery. His idea of spending, however, is to increase taxation exponentially, based on fake science. Four hours of NO consumption or production in the US will send a message to Obama & The UN:<br /><br />Americans WILL NOT stand by while a handful of power-hungry officials destroy their country!<br />Obama & The UN are UN-American! Drastic, nonviolent movements are vital to saving our freedoms & our country! God Bless the USA!Georgia Front Page.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18248749393644673382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-13544719724742853192009-12-04T04:14:00.000-08:002009-12-04T04:16:36.790-08:00New FTC Guidelines for Bloggers· The Guidelines apply to Bloggers and online word-of-mouth marketers and require them to disclose any material connection to a company when reviewing the company’s products or services (failure to disclose any payment or receipt of free product from an advertiser or someone acting on their behalf could expose you to liability);<br /><br />· Both advertisers and endorsers can be liable for false or unsubstantiated claims made in an endorsement (if you were given a product for free or were paid to write a review, then the claims you make about the product must be accurate and substantiated);<br /><br />· Advertisements containing consumer endorsements, or testimonials, must disclose what results a reasonable consumer could expect from the product and can no longer rely on a disclaimer that “results may vary”;<br /><br />The complete revised Guidelines can be found at <a href="https://webmail.thcn.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://ftc.gov/os/2009/10/091005revisedendorsementguides.pdf" target="_blank">http://ftc.gov/os/2009/10/091005revisedendorsementguides.pdf</a>. The FTC has also posted several short videos explaining the Guidelines at <a href="https://webmail.thcn.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ftc.gov/multimedia/video/business/endorsement-guides.shtm" target="_blank">http://www.ftc.gov/multimedia/video/business/endorsement-guides.shtm</a>.Georgia Front Page.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18248749393644673382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-42699321946888873312009-11-09T05:26:00.001-08:002009-11-09T06:06:36.001-08:00Saving history...I've been thinking about the way things are going. I've heard tales, and run into instances myself, where information regarding the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Prez</span> vanishes from the Internet. I've gone back and edited things I've posted in blogs or on websites because I made an error. It's easy to change info on the Internet. It's easy to make paper disappear, too, although harder to change the printed word.<br /><br />I am reading some books on the rise of Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, etc. and I see many <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">parallels</span> to what seems to be happening in our country. It's more insidious here, and not so bloody. But the words, the ideas, the undermining of democratic values, the shift from private to dependence on government is all there.<br /><br />Books were burned, free speech curbed or stopped, printed materials were censored and full of state propaganda.<br /><br />Hopefully I'm just being <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">wacky</span>, way out there, nuts, but maybe we should consider printing (full page with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">url</span>, dates, etc.) anything we find that may someday show history as it really happened. Maybe we should be sliding <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">youtube</span> videos and similar onto <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">dvd's</span> for later viewing and safety.<br /><br />Just a thought.Georgia Front Page.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18248749393644673382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-2297938567262150872009-11-07T04:53:00.000-08:002009-11-07T04:55:17.499-08:00D.C. at 1 p.m., or call, call, call your Reps on Healthcare!A message to all members of As A Mom...<br /><br />The House of Representatives will be in session Saturday and maybe Sunday. This means the staffers will be in. CALL! CALL! CALL! E-mail and Fax. Ask how your reps are voting. Then either thank them or ask them to vote NO! Please go to your state groups and share what you have learned. That way we can concentrate on those who are undecided or are voting yes.<br /><br />Hint: program the numbers in your cell phone and call between soccer games, birthday parties, etc.<br /><br />There will be another press conference Saturday at 1 pm. This is even shorter notice than Thursdays. For those of you who can reasonably make it to DC (again) please do! Our thoughts and prayers will be with you.<br /><br />Please share information on how the Reps are indicating how they are voting in your State groups. I have put up a list of the 21 who are on the fence. If they are one of yours please call them! <a href="http://asamom.ning.com/profiles/blogs/more-information-on-the-house" target="_blank">http://asamom.ning.com/profiles/blogs/more-information-on-the-house</a><br /><br />The battle is not over. Moms let's roar!<br />Lori, Anita, Mary M and the Admin teamGeorgia Front Page.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18248749393644673382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-7610057394030649412009-09-18T19:46:00.000-07:002009-09-18T19:47:52.364-07:00Judicial Watch: Obama's Two-Faced Stance on Health Care for IllegalsFacing enormous public opposition galvanized by Rep. Joe Wilson's (R-SC) outburst, the White House initially backtracked on illegal aliens and healthcare reform. The latest Obama administration position is this: Illegal aliens will not only be ineligible to receive taxpayer funded subsidies for healthcare, now they will not even be able to purchase health insurance with their own funds in a government-created marketplace.<br /><br />Here's the story according to <a onclick="onClickUnsafeLink(event);" href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8513343&msgid=158015&act=SPZM&c=157205&admin=0&destination=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hzHn6esvCSk8Bj_IKVx3lQ9NxXSgD9AO43G80" target="_blank">The Associated Press</a>:<br /><br />"The White House said last week that President Barack Obama will oppose allowing illegal immigrants to buy insurance through the purchasing exchanges, including from participating private companies…Also, a system would be created to verify people buying from the exchange are in the country legally, he said."<br /><br />Of course, the White House claims this was the Obama policy from the very beginning. Not true. Even Congressional Democrats were confused by the switch.<br /><br />"I'm not sure if Gibbs misspoke," Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), vice chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said Tuesday.<br /><br />Rep. Wilson's outburst during Obama's healthcare speech before Congress last week drew heavy and sustained criticism from the liberal press and their hypocritical allies in Congress, but it also brought attention to one of the most objectionable components of Obamacare, and this has clearly had an impact. So have the many polls indicating that the public adamantly opposes extending healthcare benefits to illegals.<br /><br />In fact, according to a nationwide <a onclick="onClickUnsafeLink(event);" href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8513343&msgid=158015&act=SPZM&c=157205&admin=0&destination=http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS143493%2B15-Sep-2009%2BPRN20090915" target="_blank">Pulse Opinion Research poll</a>, 53% of liberals and progressives believe providing healthcare to undocumented aliens is a bad idea. And almost half – 46% - agree with Rep. Wilson that Obama's plan as described would provide healthcare coverage to illegal immigrants. If Obama can't even get leftist radicals to buy off on the idea, it has absolutely no shot with mainstream Americans.<br /><br />Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) <a onclick="onClickUnsafeLink(event);" href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8513343&msgid=158015&act=SPZM&c=157205&admin=0&destination=http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/baucus-bill-would-bar-illegal-immigrants-from-insurance-exchanges/" target="_blank">immediately seized</a> on the Obama administration's policy reversal, saying that he would include in his bill a provision that would bar illegals from purchasing insurance through these taxpayer-subsidized exchanges, even if illegals are willing and able to pay the full cost.<br /><br />But hold on. What do you do if you are President Obama and want to give taxpayer-subsidized healthcare to illegal immigrants despite overwhelming public opposition? You make all the illegal aliens into legal immigrants by granting them amnesty! And then you throw out longstanding federal policy and give taxpayer subsidies to legal immigrants who are not citizens!<br /><br />This Washington Times headline says it all: <a onclick="onClickUnsafeLink(event);" href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8513343&msgid=158015&act=SPZM&c=157205&admin=0&destination=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/18/obama-ties-immigration-to-health-care-battle/?feat%3Dhome_cube_position1" target="_blank">"Obama: Legalize Illegals To Get Them Health Care."</a><br /><br />This Obama two-step on healthcare for illegals is about the worst example of presidential policy deception I've seen in my 23 years in Washington. Congressman Wilson may have been ill-mannered, but I now doubt he was inaccurate.<br /><br />Make your voice heard on healthcare reform. Call your senators and congressman today. Here's the number to the Capitol Hill switchboard: 202-224-3121. To let President Obama know your views, the White House comments line is 202-456-1111. (And don't underestimate the value of letters directly from you to your representatives in Congress and to the White House.)<br /><br /><em>Judicial Watch is a non-partisan, educational foundation organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code. Judicial Watch is dedicated to fighting government and judicial corruption and promoting a return to ethics and morality in our nation's public life. To make a tax-deductible contribution in support of our efforts, </em><a onclick="onClickUnsafeLink(event);" href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8513343&msgid=158015&act=SPZM&c=157205&admin=0&destination=https://www.judicialwatch.org/fight-acorn-donate" target="_blank"><em>click here</em></a><em>. </em>Read My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-66031411017599053922009-09-17T12:25:00.000-07:002009-09-17T12:26:44.665-07:00Boehner: House Passage of Defund ACORN Act “A Victory for American TaxpayerHouse Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives voted 345-75 to pass the Defund ACORN Act:<br /><br />“Today’s overwhelming bipartisan vote to stop all federal funding of ACORN is a victory for American taxpayers. Of course, it is only the beginning. We need to keep up the fight to end taxpayer funding for this troubled organization.“<br /><br />House Republicans have worked tirelessly to sever ACORN’s ties to the federal government. Those efforts began to bear fruit late last week when the Census Bureau ended its relationship with ACORN under steady pressure from Republican lawmakers. Though today’s vote indicates that the writing’s on the wall for ACORN, President Obama must indicate whether he will join the Congress in taking decisive action to break all government ties with this corrupt organization.<br /><br />“I’d like to applaud Oversight & Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), and Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) for the great work they and other House Republicans have done to hold ACORN accountable for its abuse of taxpayer dollars and the public trust.”<br /><br />NOTE: Earlier this week, Leader Boehner introduced H.R. 3571, the <a onclick="onClickUnsafeLink(event);" href="http://republicanleader.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=26936-2215496" target="_blank">Defund ACORN Act</a>, which has now been adopted as part of H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009. An <a onclick="onClickUnsafeLink(event);" href="http://republicanleader.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=26937-2215496" target="_blank">analysis </a>of federal data by the Office of the Republican Leader staff determined that ACORN has received more than $53 million in direct funding from the federal government since 1994, and has likely received substantially more indirectly through states and localities that receive federal block grants. House Republicans have also sent a <a onclick="onClickUnsafeLink(event);" href="http://republicanleader.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=26938-2215496" target="_blank">letter </a>to President Obama asking him to use his authority to end all funding to and break all government ties with ACORN.Read My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-78968727559207558312009-07-09T19:40:00.001-07:002009-07-09T19:40:40.513-07:00U.S. Senate Moves One Step Closer to Tax-Funded Abortions Within Health Care ReformFamily Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement after the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted 12 - 11 today to add a provision to the Kennedy health care bill that would require abortion groups such as Planned Parenthood to be included in any health insurance network created by the bill. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) was the only Democrat to oppose the provision.<br /><br />"The Senate Democratic leadership's goal of universal abortion coverage at taxpayer expense has become apparent for all to see. Today, the Senate HELP Committee moved health care 'reform' one step closer to forcing taxpayers to pay for abortions for the first time in 30 years.<br /><br />"It's ironic that Senator Mikulski (D-MD) and the committee Democrats would consider taxpayer-funded abortions to be a health care benefit since the baby gets no health care benefit from abortion. President Obama and the Democrat leadership claim they want to 'reduce' abortion, but you don't reduce abortion by funding it.<br /><br />"When it comes to taxpayer funding of abortion, the Senate HELP Committee is out of step with the American people who according to polls consistently oppose the practice by more than a 2 to 1 margin.<br /><br />"Family Research Council will continue its campaign for a permanent prohibition on taxpayer-funded abortions, and urge that conscience rights be preserved for doctors and nurses and other health care providers who refuse to perform or facilitate abortions.<br /><br />"Outside the arena of health care reform, the Democratic leadership is quietly making the depth of its pro-abortion agenda clear. In the last week alone, working in other committees, House Democrats have restored taxpayer funding of abortion in the District of Columbia and Senate Democrats have moved to make international subsidies permanent for agencies that promote and provide abortions. The piecemeal deconstruciton of the wall of separation that has protected the American people from complicity in the national and international abortion trade, through their hardearned tax dollars, is accelerating every day."<br /><br />Go to <a href="http://www.clearconsiencehealthcare.org/">www.clearconsiencehealthcare.org</a> for more information on FRC's campaign to stop taxpayer-funded abortions within any health care reform plan.Read My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-69240815084918777312009-04-07T05:08:00.000-07:002009-04-07T05:13:28.483-07:00Mr. Obama Goes Abroad Again, International Skills Still Sorely Lacking"Islam has shaped the world for the better, including in the United States." It must be true, because Barack Hussein Obama spoke those words in Turkey today, to a large Muslim audience over <a class="EC_" href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/04/20094611538303268.html" target="_blank">Al <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jazerra</span> TV</a>. He also said that the "U.S. is not at war with Islam and will never be." <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jihadists</span> will be so relieved to hear that. These statements were spoken the same day that Secretary Gates presented an austere military budget to Congress in the face of massive domestic expenditures to radically and rapidly provide new advantages to the "underprivileged."<br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">MSNBC's</span> commentator assured viewers that <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Obama's</span> new view of the U.S. and its relationship to the Muslim world is being received with widespread approval and reflects the majority US view on this matter. Said commentator also pointed to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Obama's</span> great advantage in having "Muslim" relatives. Evidently, no one has explained to this pseudo-journalist that to have Muslims in your family is like being "a little bit Jewish" - which is, itself, like being a "little bit pregnant" - <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">ie</span>, these modifiers all describe a condition that does not exist. If you are pregnant, Jewish or Muslim, you simple are. Period. Isn't it odd that the same Presidential candidate who attacked any opponent for falsely claiming he is Muslim - or even referring to his own middle name, Hussein - now wears his affinity for the Muslim world on his sleeve for all the world to see.<br /><br />That Obama indeed has a Muslim heritage is long an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">established</span> fact. However, his inability to accurately assess overseas reactions to his public presentations could be a danger to us all. Witness his full depth body bow and kiss on the hand of Saudi Arabian leader below. It doesn't take a body-language expert to read those gestures. When combined with the language of his televised speech above- and insipid overlooking of North Korea's aggression toward our Japanese allies, an undeniable signal is being sent - and it is not one of strength or leadership.<br /><br />Link to video of 2 bows here - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr6SiXRm6po" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr6SiXRm6po</a><br /><br />Also today, North Korea's of a missile over Japan was responded to with harsh words by Obama - but little else to back them up. As a North Korea expert on Lou <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dobbs</span> tonight pointed out, the tepid US reaction to North Korea's flagrant UN violations is perceived by their Communist government - and the leadership of their ally, China, as further signs of U.S. weakness.<br /><br />While closer to home, it was announced today that, within 10 days, travel visas to Cuba will relax considerably. Bear in mind this is the same Cuba that is currently making plans for weaponry support off its coast by China, treacherously close to Florida's shoreline. Simultaneously Cuba's new Castro works closely with Chavez, who has been making plans for his dictator led country to receive similar support - off the Venezuelan coast - by none other than Russia. <br /><br />It's now glaringly apparent, however unfortunate, that Joe <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Biden</span> got it right in his puzzling, controversial <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">pre</span>-election statement. He stated that within 6 months of an Obama administration a danger to the U.S. would be posed from abroad and Americans would not be pleased with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Obama's</span> response. Lest any forget, mark his words and this post. An unconscious U.S. is now being surrounded with building military maneuvers by adversaries at the same time Obama- whether due to lack of judgment or lack of interest - signals these same adversaries that the U.S. is now humble, apologetic and ready to defer to their interests. . . . so countdown is 3 months down and less than 3 more to go.<br /><br />Just days earlier, Obama assured the G20 - which offered no compliance of its own with his requests - that the US will comply with their demands for international controls to be placed on U.S. banks and related industries. This didn't seem to concern him either. Could be he was still basking in the glow of the UK Queen's gracious receipt of an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">ipod</span>, loaded in advance with videos of his speeches, in case she missed some of them.<br /><br />Curtsy due same Queen for her finesse in restoring her equilibrium and grace after being unexpectedly manhandled by Mrs. Obama. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Faux</span> pas in Britain, apologias elsewhere and full bows to Islam.... and Main Stream Media wags on commending how Obama is recovering a US image tainted by an inept, distant Bush. There must be some humor in this . . . at least for a few more months to the countdown on our <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">sovereignty</span>, economic prosperity and national security.<br /><br />We can only suppose that Congress and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">MSNBC</span> will appear to be appropriately surprised!<br /><br />(W.A.M. Press Release)Read My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-53930470530435473642009-04-02T17:58:00.000-07:002009-04-02T18:04:24.996-07:00Obama Lies-Senate Uses Sneak Attack On Guns<em>Press release from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms sent out via <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">NewsMax</span>. I'm leaving in the plea for donations, usually I'd either take 'em out or not post the release, but this info sounds pretty critical.</em><br /><br />As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama deliberately and repeatedly lied to America's 90 million gun owners across the country when he insisted that he would not try to take away <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">anyone's</span> firearms, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said.<br /><br />Now House Republicans are trying to add an amendment to the public lands "Ominous Spending" lands bill that would codify the right to carry concealed weapons in national parks, less than a week after a federal judge blocked a similar proposal.<br /><br />But, Senate leaders have devised a strategy to use a bill that had already passed the House -- H.R. 146, a proposal to protect Revolutionary War battlefields -- and strip its contents, replacing it with the "Ominous Spending" lands bill. Because the House already passed H.R. 146, the Rules Committee can approve a closed rule that would block a motion to recommit, eliminating the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">GOP's</span> best procedural chance to stymie the bill. The chamber would only need a simple majority vote to concur with the Senate amendment.<br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">CCRKBA</span> Chairman Alan <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gottlieb</span>, reacting to the "Ominous Spending" lands bill tactic to force more gun control on U.S. citizen's said "the sneak attack on guns reveals the Democrats clear intention to outlaw guns everywhere" "Obama "has been lying to the nation when he says he will not take guns away."<br /><br />U.S. District Judge Colleen <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kollar</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kotelly</span> placed an injunction on the Interior rule last week. The judge's ruling infringed on the rights of gun owners as drivers in areas such as Washington, D.C., often drive through federal park lands every day.<br /><br />Rob Bishop (R-Utah) said "It's ridiculous for people to be subject to two different sets of regulations simply because their car moved a few feet," Bishop said in a statement. "The judge's decision last week was wrong."<br /><br />"We warned America that <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Obama's</span> 'support' for the Second Amendment was empty rhetoric," he stated, "and now his support for the "Ominous Spending" lands bill shows Obama was lying, and now gun rights may be dying."<br /><br />"Right now," said <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gottlieb</span>, "I wouldn't take <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Obama's</span> word if he said it rains a lot in Seattle. Apparently, law-abiding gun owners have nothing to fear unless they drive to work in Washington DC and park or drive in the wrong place."<br /><br /><a href="http://news.newsmax.com/?S6CvYK53HKGpAOZIrCEkmUYBG3bfbJUAS&https://secure.conservativedonations.com/ccrkba_fax/?a=2220" target="_blank">Select Here to Reject Gun Bans and Fax to all 100 Senators and all 435 House Representatives</a><br /><br />In order to stop Obama and his fellow Democrat gun-grabbers-we need to let the Congress know with thousands of faxes telling them to leave guns alone. Americans like you who understand what our Founding Fathers envisioned for our nation…and who are willing to fight to defend our Constitution and for what it stands.<br /><br />So please, help the Citizens Committee and me defeat those who wish to gut and trash the United States Constitution. Help me flood the U.S. Senate and the House with the sea of FAXES big enough to drown each and every Senator and Representative willing to vote away the Second Amendment. Please, send your Donation and FAX TODAY!<br /><br /><a href="http://news.newsmax.com/?S6CvYK53HKGpAOZIrCEkmUYBG3bfbJUAS&https://secure.conservativedonations.com/ccrkba_fax/?a=2220" target="_blank">Select Here to Reject Gun Bans and Fax to all 100 Senators and all 435 House Representatives</a><br /><br />Keep calling your Senators and Congressmen today, toll free numbers include 1-877-851-6437 and 1-866-220-0044, or call toll 1-202-225-3121 AND REGISTER YOU'RE OUTRAGE at ongoing efforts to take guns away!<br /><br />CALL PRESIDENT OBAMA, 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414 expressing your disdain and ABSOLUTE REJECTION of all GUN BANS. DO NOT BE SILENCED – MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!<br /><br />NOTE: We need TENS OF THOUSANDS of faxes and PHONE CALLS and EMAILS delivered to ALL Senators and Representatives right away! For our projects to be successful, we must count on the voluntary financial support from individuals like you who care.<br /><br />Your contribution of $20 or $25 is urgently needed today. Your donation for just $10 will help so much. If you can afford to send $50 or $100 or more it would truly be a godsend. Remember, protecting our freedom is not inexpensive. But then, it's impossible to put a price tag on freedom. <a href="http://news.newsmax.com/?K64vXK53StGMC0ZUkCENZUYAG3yfbfU1K&https://secure.conservativedonations.com/ccrkba/?a=2220" target="_blank">Select Here NOW Send Your Most Generous <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">CCRKBA</span> Donation</a> Together, we can preserve the Constitutional rights our Founding Fathers intended our people to have forever.<br /><br />For more information about <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">CCRKBA</span> go to <a href="http://www.ccrkba.org/" target="_blank">www.ccrkba.org</a><br /><br />Thank you.<br />I know I can count on you.<br />Sincerely, Alan <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gottlieb</span><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">ChairmanCitizens</span> Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear ArmsRead My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-84745683174520745932009-03-26T07:55:00.001-07:002009-03-26T07:55:46.502-07:00Chris Dodd’s Wife, Jackie Clegg Dood was a director at AIG<a style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/puma08/YcCT/~3/YGJyWLi1JbE/" target="_blank">Chris Dodd’s Wife, Jackie Clegg Dood was a director at AIG…</a><br />How the cookie crumbles. So much for the transparency and accountability that Barack Obama promised. It seems Chris Dodd’s wife, Jackie Clegg Dodd was a director at AIG. RCP No wonder Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn) went wobbly last week when asked about his February amendment ratifying hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to executives at [...]<br /><br />(Can you tell I'm going through my inbox?)Read My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-69235067578796373242009-03-26T07:52:00.001-07:002009-03-26T07:52:29.298-07:00Fighting Irish lawmakers mad over Obama's honorSeveral Republican lawmakers who are Notre Dame alumni are strongly criticizing the school for inviting President Obama to give a commencement speech — and for giving the him an honorary degree.<br /><br /> <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102523636228&e=0017ynVbQqkewxbtBGQeMkPy2XRyeRBJBX34RXo1cnPts6RcGfbUzYqXctO70PAmjlNw6ayII4jMEbwJAR7lKp5JuYdCHvzE3VmeRF1YWXHXdFwIvWmenHTkMbxrJh_yHb0blyvOixc6YdUUhRVQkaqDEbilwHAHl379PXHcbF4xIl8J1EmhK8XcP9iyHNXoDa9bI6O93QahfEiEDlOVx1sPeYI4skSzTYX" shape="rect" target="_blank">> Read More</a>Read My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-13426749685748538922009-03-26T07:42:00.001-07:002009-03-26T07:42:25.439-07:00House budget advanced on party-line voteThe House Budget Committee approved the Democratic budget resolution on a party-line vote Wednesday, sending the $3.55 trillion budget plan to the full House for consideration next week.<br /><br /><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102523741100&e=001qFRki2ORN-RlU47e5rtOkY1wQonzad6gagidz81G6f1Y5D1U0cowsVerqaFEvJH5aH5B9qp9klUNQzBWw1x4Uad_QE0xrXs3krzZ81-LMTHrGODjblJJq_6i28tSlDvYoCwtPcEAG44ul2afrW4fYZl-3pg1wa2skP7f4SN2YZPaaK3V8ISLEfKuXnczcs0Zf1wTlubd0AvxDEsHSy8rsg==" shape="rect" target="_blank">> Read More</a>Read My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-50720819115700696032009-03-23T15:25:00.000-07:002009-03-23T15:27:43.394-07:00CatholicVote on BHO at Notre DameDear CatholicVote.org Member,<br /><br /><a href="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759209257:m:1:122563661:8B66DA8352A2F632D5565456785E2939" target="_blank"></a>Like many of you, we received the news last Friday that President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame this May.<br /><br />In addition to delivering the address, the President will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree. In short, one of our nation’s premier Catholic institutions will honor the President, and hold out him as an example to its students as someone worthy of emulation!<br /><br />Given President Obama’s utterly shameful record on life, how could a Catholic university honor him?<br /><br />The University could have politely and quietly told the White House that their standing invitation to the President of the United States was not available this year. Better yet, they could have said that while they would welcome his contributions to the public debate over how to solve our economic crisis, his regrettable policies in favor of a culture of death make it impossible for them to welcome him.<br /><br />Notre Dame has regrettably hosted pro-abortion speakers in the past, but President Obama is a champion of the abortion cause. <br /><br />Sadly, it is now indisputable that our President has become the world’s leading promoter of abortion, embryo-killing cloning and research, taxpayer-funded abortion, and a vigorous opponent of conscience protections for medical professionals. His campaign promises to find ‘common ground’ have sadly been ignored, or perhaps were simply lies.<br /><br />And this Administration has only just begun.<br /><br />Is there anything a president could do that would disqualify him or her from delivering such a prestigious address? <br /><br />If there is such a threshold, Barack Obama has not disqualified himself with Notre Dame officials.<br />And so we must act.<br /><br />We have spoken with professors, students, and leaders at Notre Dame over the past 48 hours and have concluded that a massive protest will be practically difficult, and even counterproductive. The University has a right as a private school to prevent all protestors from entering campus, and could legally arrest those who violate this rule. Secondly, a protest could create exactly the wrong impression.<br /><br />Therefore, we are recommending four courses of action.<br /><br />1) CatholicVote.org has partnered with the Cardinal Newman Society, a dynamic organization dedicated to the renewal of Catholic higher education in establishing <a href="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759209257:m:1:122563661:8B66DA8352A2F632D5565456785E2939" target="_blank">www.NotreDameScandal.com</a>. Together our aim is to collect thousands of signatures and present them to University officials. <a href="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759209257:m:1:122563661:8B66DA8352A2F632D5565456785E2939" target="_blank">Sign the petition now.</a><br /><br />2) Contact Notre Dame and charitably express your outrage. CatholicVote.org is large enough to have a major impact, and we urge you to contact Notre Dame President Father Jenkins at (574) 631-5000. <br /><br />3) Join your fellow CatholicVote.org members in a prayer of reparation on May 17 from 2-4 PM. We encourage you to organize local groups to pray for mercy for the decision by Notre Dame, but also for our nation for continuing to permit the tragedy of abortion.<br /><br />***If you live in the Midwest, or near Notre Dame University, we invite you to personally join us in prayer at the Grotto on the campus of Notre Dame from 2-4 PM on May 17, where we will be joined by several Notre Dame professors, alumni, and current students. The gathering will be a peaceful and prayerful.<br /><br />4) Please forward this message to your family and friends. Let them know about Notre Dame's decision to honor the most pro-abortion President in American history. We must not remain silent over this scandal!<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Brian Burch, President<br />CatholicVote.orgRead My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-42618641528425936922009-03-18T16:10:00.000-07:002009-03-18T16:11:02.902-07:00U.S. Plan Would Send Hundreds More Civilians to Afghanistan<a href="http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/IKR2QE/WXUE/EYQLES/QNJX49/NS70Z/YT/h" target="_blank">U.S. Plan Would Send Hundreds More Civilians to Afghanistan</a><br />Hundreds of additional U.S. diplomats and civilian officials would be deployed to Afghanistan as part of the new civil-military regional strategy that President Obama’s top national security advisers plan have prepared for his signature next week, according to administration officials.<br /><br />For more information, visit <a href="http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/IKR2QE/WXUE/EYQLES/QNJX49/RNWAW/YT/h" target="_blank">washingtonpost.com</a>Read My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-84385830010994105402009-03-18T09:20:00.001-07:002009-03-18T09:20:43.423-07:00White House Declines to Explain Plan to Make Veterans Pay for War Injuries<a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=45199" target="_blank">White House Declines to Explain Plan to Make Veterans Pay for War Injuries</a><br />White House (CNSNews.com) – White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs on Tuesday refused to "make the case for a decision that this administration hasn't made yet." Veterans’ groups and members of Congress, meanwhile, stepped up their criticism of the suggestion that the Department of Veterans Affairs might bill the private heath insurance of veterans for service-related injuries.Read My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-37822918392392543052009-03-18T09:10:00.000-07:002009-03-18T09:14:04.022-07:00Obama, Hispanic Dems to huddle on immigrationBy Jared Allen<br />Hispanic Democrats will have their first West Wing meeting with President Obama on Wednesday morning to discuss immigration reform, according to Democratic sources.<br /><br /><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102509639100&e=0011EYHbdzlktcXvM82asf621RujK521o8pgKV3Xd0batQtkWdN9P4Cm88-vSFrzMLe1fe2uc8Xt7Ld35KUbD5NSRxt412GgE8_PFuSY-ezvu8GJ_TG03IY_cMwQmyBEnhy8Sstp7QRF-IokT-mZlzFfkrkXrLIZk_aiFtX7Vl8OTZOLH6H7oPd7gMiWwHb4gqfD3eaq-XW32JK2iH2tzeIsLWGNMTdJ21N" shape="rect" target="_blank">> Read More</a><br /><br />Above from yesterday's The Hill. Would guess the huddling is all over and we're on the road to open borders given Pelosi's comments aired on Fox News this morning. Our ICE guys are thugs? the immigration policy is going to change? It's un-American to boot out law-breaking illegal aliens? This woman is third, THIRD in line for the Presidency. Obama scares me. Biden stepping in would be like an old re-run of the Three Stooges. Pelosi in power? The borders would be open all the way to Chavez' doorstep.Read My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-36652648244142266192009-03-16T07:47:00.000-07:002009-03-16T08:07:39.778-07:00Michigan Tax Alert: Your state senator just proposed a tax increase!What IS it with our fellow Republicans???? Are we trying to become obsolete? Stop already with the tax increases and big government. That said, I don't know the details on the following, the history or have any information that might justify the additional layer of government and taxes (a tax is a fee is a tax is a charge... it's money out of our pocket). It strikes me that if government workers did what they were supposed to do we could cut a lot of staff and costs. I'm going to add a bit more about that below the following alert (just in case you're only interested in the Michigan tax alert).<br /><br />From Americans for Prosperity:<br /><br />Bill Number: SB 45<br />Bill Sponsors: Sen. Patty Birkholz (R-24),<br />Sen. Jason Allen (R-37), Sen. John Pappageorge (R-13), Sen. Roger Kahn (R-32)<br /><br />This bill creates a new government bureaucracy to oversee the ongoing inspections of septic tanks. Home and business owners would be responsible to pay the fee for these inspections. The cost of new construction would also increase as a result of the additional fee. The taxpayer would also be on the hook to pay for the newly created On-site Wastewater Treatment System Advisory Council and the Alternative System Technical Advisory Committee. Take Action! Tell your senator we don’t need another fee increase! <br /><br />For more information see the <a onclick="onClickUnsafeLink(event);" href="http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/IGDNKBFZOD/BXFHKBKKIX/3050948096" target="_blank">Michigan Legislature Website </a>or <a onclick="onClickUnsafeLink(event);" href="http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/IGDNKBFZOD/JWSKKBKKIY/3050948096" target="_blank">Michigan Votes</a>.<br /><br />Now, back to my story!<br /><br />I used to work for a quasi-governmental agency. We were a strange mix of private and government. At some point in my career the company split and one half became pure government, the other completely private. I had just switched jobs and ended up on the government side.<br /><br />Keep in mind I had been working for the company for ten years. I had been in numerous positions, always moving upward.<br /><br />I enjoyed working and took pride in the job I did each day. We ran an efficient company and did well.<br /><br />With the flick of a Presidential pen and the change of a job, all of a sudden working became something to be frowned upon. I was called into my bosses office and told to stop working so much as it made everyone else look bad. When I found a problem and worked overtime (I was salary, so no cost to government), I was told my solution was great but they didn't want me working extra hours or going above and beyond. It wasn't my "place" to take the initiative to improve things.<br /><br />Requisitioning supplies was a nightmare. Everything had to be justified in triplicate, then the justification process had to be justified.<br /><br />Overnight no one was responsible for anything. It was someone else's job. I would call someone in Washington with a question only to be told it wasn't their job. Period. No help on who else to call or how to find an answer unless I held them hostage on the phone. Very nice, but bored and unhelpful. The next person would often foist me off on someone else who'd shuffle me over to another person. At times I ended up with the same person I'd started with.<br /><br />I started my own company, figured out a way to quit with a nice long severance and have been happily working 24/7 without the government hassles.<br /><br />So, I am never, ever, in favor of more layers of government. I know first-hand how inefficient it can be. I can not say that all government employees are the same or that every agency runs as idiotically as the one I worked in. However, given my subsequent experiences with the IRS (don't get me started!) and other agencies, I'm inclined to think there are few, if any, exceptions.<br /><br />One more thought - I understand that there is no incentive for government workers to be efficient. The harder and better they work, the less government employees it takes to do the job. Why should they work smarter when it could mean they lose their easy paycheck?<br /><br />Whew, I love a good rant on a Monday morning. Clears the air and gets my feisty side honed!Read My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-516472168415927532009-03-11T19:30:00.000-07:002009-03-11T19:38:49.800-07:00More Liberal DissentThey just mention Sarah Palin's name because they know it will attract attention. Cheesy, but typical. The use of Palin's name says a lot about her power, and quite a bit more about the left's need to have someone to flog.<br /><br />The point is though, that here's another group who's starting to see the handwriting on the wall. Obama said whatever he needed to get elected. We saw him continually changing stripes during the election and now his true colors start to come through.<br /><br />Yes, he's still way out left on the liberal measuring stick, but he has his own agenda and he's not afraid to step on anyone's toes.<br /><br />As you read this op-ed, note they can't bring themselves to trash Obama completely. They have the obligatory caveats, yada yada, positive changes still afoot, yada yada. If you continue to read you'll see that this is one very unhappy wolf-loving group.<br /><br /><strong>OPINION: We Expected Sarah Palin to Treat Wolves Like this, Not Obama</strong><br />We knew Sarah Palin would be murder on wolves had she been elected, but we expected more of the Obama Administration and its political appointees.<br /><br />While we have had some strong pronouncements for animal protection from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and there are many signs that positive changes are afoot more broadly within the Obama Administration, we’ve got our very first dose of awful news from the newly installed leaders in the executive branch.<br /><br />More: <a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/opinion-we-expected-sarah-palin-to-treat-wolves-like-this-not-obama">http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/opinion-we-expected-sarah-palin-to-treat-wolves-like-this-not-obama</a>Read My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622158121284175772.post-38895815360227256762009-03-04T06:04:00.000-08:002009-03-04T06:10:40.325-08:00Blago Gets Six Figure Book DealWell, now Blago will be able to pay some of his legal bills... Do you think people are going to buy the book? I guess they will or the publisher wouldn't be handing out that kind of money. Given Blagojevich hasn't been convicted of the crimes, I can't quite put him in this category, BUT I sure wish that when some crook or sleezeball wrote a book the public would ignore it. I hate the idea that the slime in our society are able to sometimes rake in huge dollars by writing a book. Ah well, asking too much.<br /><br />One this I hope this book DOES do is connect the dots between Blago, Rahm Emmanuel and the White House. Wouldn't that be a kicker? Although, if it does, and does it well, expect to start hearing rumblings about the "Fairness" Doctrine being extended to print media.<br /><br />Blago Gets Six Figure Book Deal<br />By Don March 3, 2009<br />Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich signs a six figure book deal with an independent publisher.<br />From PR NewsChannel<br />Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich today signed a six figure book deal with one of the largest independent book publishers in the U.S., the PR firm representing Blagojevich announced today.<br /><br />Blagojevich, who vehemently denies he tried to sell President Obama's senate seat, will write about the discussions, the considerations and the factors involved in picking Obama's successor to the U.S. Senate. Blagojevich maintains he was hijacked from office because of politics. In the book, he will write about his journey that led up to the twice-elected governor and former congressman being ousted from office. He also plans on exposing the dark side of politics that he witnessed in both the state and national level.<br /><a href="http://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/blago-gets-six-figure-book-deal/">http://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/blago-gets-six-figure-book-deal/</a>Read My Lipstick Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768558383509617015noreply@blogger.com0