EX-RINO SENATOR GIVES ADVICE TO GOP

And now some very stupid advice for the GOP that comes from “former” Senator Bob Bennett (RINO-Utah). Mr. Bennett says that what the Republican Party needs to have in a 2012 presidential candidate is a person who has a "national view" and can attract moderate voters, at least that’s what Politico is reporting. But I cold have sworn that that was exactly what we had in 2008 in the person of “The Maverick.” And also, if I’m not mistaken, didn’t he have his ass handed to him by Barry? I mean really, at the time was three anyone who was more “centrist” than Johnny McCain? Bennett is noting more than one more crybaby RINO who this time around was faced with a primary challenge from a conservative and he lost.

"If you're going to nominate a national candidate you better have a national view, and we've always done that. The Republican nominee has almost always been closer to the center than the center of gravity of the Republican Party," he told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren. Well, I don’t think that can be said of Reagan. RINOs like this guy are the very last ones that anyone who call themselves a conservative, should be listening to. As my mom used to say, he made his bed, now let him lie in it. Bennett likes to call the current political atmosphere "toxic" and has stated that it's, "Clear some of the votes I've cast have added to that toxic environment, looking back with one or two minor exceptions, I wouldn't cast any any differently, even if I knew it would cost me my career." Well Bob they did, so stop complaining and deal with it.


And in one more bit of Bennett advice, he also said that the GOP would've won a majority in the Senate in the 2010 midterm elections if it hadn't been for Tea Party candidates. Well, let’s just say for the sake of argument, that this old doof is right. What kind of a majority would it have been, exactly? With guys like Bennett being a part of it, “Dingy” Harry still would have had an effective majority at his disposal. Bennett is nothing if not a sore loser. Rumor has it he’s grooming his son to be the next senator from Utah. A son who was, by the way, his father’s campaign manager, and who ended up throwing his support to the Democrat in the general election. So what’s that tell ya?

IS ILLINOIS BECOMING THE SWITZERLAND OF THE MIDWEST?



With businesses leaving the state in droves, it would now appear that the only growth industry presently underway in Illinois, is its growth in the number of fugitive Democrat state legislators wandering in from other states. So it is that Illinois now seems to have become the Switzerland on the Prairie, as Democrat lawmakers fleeing votes in Wisconsin and Indiana are now taking refuge within the confines of its borders. Ah yes, Illinois, a state well known for its wayward politicians and backdoor political dealings has now become the safe haven of choice for gutless Democrats eager to throw their home states under the proverbial bus. And some residents, tired of the state's own political problems are wondering why the Wisconsin Democrats had to come to Illinois. Others say it might do Illinois' political image a rare bit of good. "It makes us look, for once, a little less crazy than our neighbors politically," said Chris Mooney a political science professor with the University of Illinois-Springfield and the Institute for Government and Public Affairs. "We seem like more normal politics, and that's not always the case." The state Republican Party, for its part, is urging donors to send money, lest Illinois become a "Safe Haven for Tax & Spend Democrats." Democrats control the governor's office and both legislative houses there in Illinois. Therefore, Illinois is viewed as being that highly sought after safe haven by fellow Democrat miscreants on the lamb from their own states and looking for a safe place of refuge.

While Illinois may not have invented political dysfunction, it sure has made a history for itself of perfecting it, of successfully taking it to a whole new level. After all, it is the political cesspool from which our current president crawled out of. As we take a little trip down memory lane regarding Illinois politics, we very quickly come across that stellar individual, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who stands accused of trying to sell a vacant U.S. Senate seat; coming next is imprisoned former Gov. George Ryan who was convicted of turning his government offices into what was little more than a division of his fundraising machine; and then, of course, we have the patronage hiring and backroom dealings of the once-mighty, and some would argue still mighty, Chicago political machine. These are just a few entries that can be found on the state's rather impressive resume of political corruption. And now with marauding bands of Democratic legislators streaming over Illinois' borders seeking refuge in their attempt to avoid votes on anti-union bills and other measures supported by Republicans, some residents are wondering just why they had to bring their problems there. But Sue Wrede, a Tea Party member, worries that Illinois is being dragged into someone else's political mess. "I think our state is scandal-ridden enough," Wrede said Thursday as she demonstrated outside the hotel in the southern Illinois town of Urbana where Democrats are holed up. She says, "It's embarrassing." And I would tend to agree with that assessment.


The 14 wayward Wisconsin Democrat senators, who have been hiding out in Illinois for the sole purpose of denying their Republican governor a quorum for a vote on his plan to kill collective bargaining rights for government workers, need to realize something. In the words of Barry "Almighty" himself, it was the governor and his fellow Republicans who "won" the last election. And just as Barry is so fond of pointing out to Republicans, elections have consequences and that's something that I guess these cowardly Democrats haven't quite figured out yet. But then, none of these guys that I've seen appar to be all that bright to begin with anyway. If they are so confident in their argument why then are they hiding out in another state instead of standing on the floor of the state senate defending their position. And all that these 14 scumbag Democrats are really succeeding in doing, is to deny the voices of the majority of folks in Wisconsin, to rightfully be heard. And now apparently these Wisconsin crybabies have now been joined by 30 of their gutless brethren from Indiana's House in their self imposed exile this week in an effort to avoid votes on a raft of Republican-backed legislation. And with all of this ongoing nonsense, Illinois' reputation for political corruption hasn't been lost on other states, it's been enhanced. "When Illinois pols stay in Indiana, it's at the federal prison. When Indiana pols stay in Illinois, it's at Comfort Suites," Indianapolis Star political columnist Matthew Tulley wrote on Twitter as Indiana's Democrats moved into the budget hotel chain's Urbana location.


Not much is known about the day-to-day lives of these fugitive legislators, after all they are on the lamb, hiding out while being pursued by state troopers. But you might mistake the Comfort Suites lobby in Urbana and the adjacent conference room, where lawmakers meet and occasionally cheer mysteriously from behind closed doors, for an Indiana embassy. A blue and gold state flag hangs from a fireplace mantel. Legislators, some dressed in red Indiana University and Ball State sweatshirts, laugh about sewer districts and garbage dumps. These clowns must think they're back in Junior High or something. What is about Democrats exactly, that they insist upon acting more like spoiled children than they do acting like adults. Some of these loser lawmakers have found Illinois extremely accommodating. "We found that Illinois has excellent malls," Rep. Win Moses said, explaining that light packing didn't necessarily mean his stay would be short. "You have excellent dry cleaning, too. And there's a minimart right across the street." That kind of talk drew a wagging finger from Indiana Republican Party Chairman Eric Holcomb. "Taxpayers will not stand for Indiana House Democrats getting paid to shop in Illinois when they should be at work in Indiana," he said in an e-mail Thursday. Then I would say the only option left is to stop their pay for as long as they refuse to show up to work. Why shouldn't the people of both Wisconsin and Indiana be able to cease paying these boneheads if they're not willing to come to work? I'm pretty sure that if I chose not to come to work, the company for which I work would not be willing to pay me to stay home.


When speaking of Illinois, friendly isn't the word often used by many Wisconsin residents when describing their rather ill mannered and shabby neighbors to the south. Neenah, Wis., public relations man Tom Lyons used to market scenic and rugged Door County along northern Lake Michigan to Illinois tourists. They visit and "build condos and drive up real estate prices and have to be taught how to recycle; their whole idea of the outdoors is a great ashtray," says Mr. Lyons. And apparently that's not the only gripe. "They are notorious poor tippers," added Lyons, who grew up in Joliet, Ill. So I guess the caliber of individual who chooses to reside in Illinois has degenerated considerably since the days of Lincoln. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn being ever the good Democrat, for his part, has extended the welcome mat to any of his fellow Democrat lawmakers who wish to hide out in his state. "Illinois is always open," the Democrat told reporters in Chicago. "We believe in hospitality and tourism and being friendly." It has been noted by others that this moron Quinn has a reputation of being somewhat of a political "bomb thrower." But at least at this point time he doesn't' seem to want to wade into the political disputes his fellow Democrats from neighboring states are having with Republicans. "It's just a freak show, basically," he said of the political theater being staged in the state. "For once, Illinois is not in the center ring.”


Somehow I think that if I were living in Wisconsin or Indiana, and happened to reside in the district of one of these AWOL legislators, I would very quickly be following the advice that I heard from Newt Gingrich last night on Greta's show. What he recommended was, for those who reside in the districts of any of these scumbag Democrats, to start a recall petition and work toward getting these clowns replaced with individuals who actually want to spend their time working for the people and not playing idiotic and childish games. What gives these self-righteous, pompous gasbags, the right to throw what amounts to nothing more than temper tantrum for no other reason than because it appears that they'll not get their way? The fact that these representatives of the people are so indignant as well as being so determined in their effort to willfully subvert the will of the people, that alone should be sufficient cause for them to now be called upon to forfeit their lofty positions. These individuals seem at first glance to be a bit selective when it comes to whom it is that they wish to represent. It would also appear that their desire to serve is driven solely by their ability to be in a position to advance the very destructive and toxic agenda of not only their party but also one if its core constituencies, the unions. If that is in fact the case, then they are committing a grave disservice to the people of Wisconsin and Indiana and should now be asked to relinquish their positions. But what are the chances of that happening?

WHEN DOES A STIMULUS BILL = MONEY LAUNDERING??

Well, well, well. Tell me it just isn't so. Apparently Congress' chief scorekeeper has once again found himself in the uncomfortable position of having to raise the cost estimate of Barry‘s much hyped, and now two-year-old, cure all of an economic-stimulus program. It is now calculated that this "obamanation" will now end up costing taxpayers, that's folks like you and me, a whopping $821 billion — or $34 billion more than originally projected. Imagine that! We've been snookered by this band of political shysters yet again. Listening to Rush yesterday, he presented an interesting premise on this whole bogus stimulus thing that I hadn't really thought of before. He approached it from the perspective of it being nothing more than a complicated money laundering scheme designed to effectively add millions of dollars to the coffers of the Democrat Party. The way he explained it, if I remember correctly, was that most of the money spent thus far went to keep public employees, teachers, city officials and the like, working so that they could then turn around and continue to pay their union dues which would then, via whatever Union involved, be spent in favor of supporting Democrats. So it's all nothing more than one big vicious circle funded by more and more of our, the taxpayer's, money. It's insane!

Also the supposed economic boost, something I never personally witnessed, that "resulted" from the added government spending is now beginning to wear off, so said the nonpartisan, or so they'd like to claim, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in a new report that came out on Wednesday. The CBO said that in the final three months of 2010, the stimulus was paying to keep between 1.3 million and 3.5 million people in jobs, both down from the peak recorded in the prior three-month period. Just a little question here as a side note going back to the premise presented by Rush, were those folks in the private or the public sector. Anyway, the drop was expected, unlike most of the things relating to the economy that seem to happen so unexpectedly, since the biggest chunk of stimulus money was spent out during fiscal year 2010, which ended Sept. 30. Barry‘s stimulus program turned two years old last week, but it remains a thorny political issue. The main reason for that is because it accomplished none of what was claimed that it would, most noticeable being that unemployment would be maintained at 8 percent and no higher and here we are hovering around 10 percent. Now I know we keep hearing about jobs that were "saved." But just how does one calculate such things?


House Republicans sought to cancel several billion dollars in unspent stimulus money as part of the $61 billion in spending cuts they passed Saturday, and Republicans on both sides of the Capitol have introduced legislation to try to reclaim other money or at least audit what has actually been spent. Or wasted, depending on your political affiliation. “The Department of Energy alone had $39 billion in stimulus money — all, I might say, borrowed — $9 billion more than its entire budget. It was a recipe for waste, a scatter-gun approach that raised many public expectations, but in the end provided few achievements and fewer yet jobs,” said Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, New Jersey Republican, in the debate last week. Was anyone really naïve enough to believe that the rationale behind this mammoth spending bill was so that the government could then do any of what those who voted for it claimed would be done? It was nothing more than a monumental waste of taxpayer money on nearly a cataclysmic level. And the more I think about the premise presented by Rush, the more it makes sense to me because that's essentially what the evidence shows has taken place. Now we have crowds of complaining union malcontents and a group chickensh!t Democrats in three states clamoring for more money that quite simply just doesn't exist.


But with their never say die attitude, Congressional Democrats have said that the remaining stimulus funds need to be spent. “There are people who are now at their 99th level of not being able to get employed and get unemployment insurance. They need these jobs,” said that proud to be a moron, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas Democrat, during the floor debate. Estimates for the actual cost of the stimulus have changed dramatically, rising from the initial $787 billion price tag to reach $862 billion, then falling to $814 billion and now ticking back up to $821 billion. And as I asked earlier, just what have the taxpayers gotten in return for spending of this massive amount of money? They've seen a substantial chunk of that money go to keeping public employees on the payroll and paying their union dues as the unions act as nothing more than middle men, funneling the money right back to the Democrats. It's no wonder that clowns like Jackson want the rest of the money spent. Because they know that they'll be on the receiving end of a very large percentage of it. They see this as a prime opportunity to get their greedy mitts on what is to them, free money. Unions are a very critical source of money for today's Democrat Party and they will go to any lengths to preserve such a rich source of potential funds.


So this is really another fine mess the Democrats have gotten us in, and now want no part to play in getting us out. Their only answer is to spend more, more of what we haven't got. But the sad fact of the matter is that we're done, we're tapped out, we're BROKE, and still these pathetic Democrats, for one reason or another, just don't seem to be able to grasp the severity of our predicament. Bad times are headed our way, my friends, and the longer we dawdle regarding doing what it is that needs to be done and do not get our fiscal house in order, the sooner those bad times will arrive . Hell, those bad times may be unavoidable in any event. But Democrats insist on doing nothing more than whining, and in the case of those out in Wisconsin, Indiana and maybe soon Ohio, they're simply choosing to behave like children and run away. Like that's a viable solution to this mess that they and their union buddies got us into in the first place. Sometimes you have to behave like and adult and put petty politics aside and do what's best for the country. Because if we lose the country, we lose the whole enchilada baby. Wasting money when you have it is one thing, wasting it when you're broke is simply irresponsible. And right now, that's where the Democrats are, including Barry "Almighty." All they want to do is spend, spend, spend!

BARRY'S TEAM BUSY READYING BATTLE PLANS FOR 2012...

Giving us a little indication of just what might be headed in our direction, in their effort to con the American people, top Democratic Party backers are already in discussions about how best to fund a television-advertising blitz in support of Barry "Almighty's re-election bid. An internal debate has already begun about who should run the group and whether there should be just one organization or several. Barry discouraged independent groups from working on his behalf during the 2008 presidential race. Democratic strategists now believe Barry's campaign will give them the green light to create independent advertising efforts for 2012 to rival the well-funded conservative groups that appeared in the 2010 congressional elections. Wealthy Democratic donors and party activists have met several times in recent months to map out the best strategy to help Barry win a second term. So with the battle plans are being drawn it is never too early for the American people to also begin to prepare themselves for what we all know is coming in the form of distortions, falsehoods and outright lies that will be hurled at them beginning in the not too distant future. Every attempt will be made to portray Barry as being something other than what he is. The American people will no doubt be inundated with what amounts to nothing more than fiction disguised as truth and echoed ad nauseam by members of the state controlled media. These media types see themselves as being the ones who got Barry elected the first time around, and they are brimming with confidence that they'll be able to get him re-elected. We need to make ourselves immune to the media hype that is designed to create an image of this guy that is far removed from anything that even remotely resembles reality.

The meetings thus far have included the usual suspects, that sleazy cast of characters that together form the mainstay of the Democrat Party electioneering/dirty tricks apparatus. You know the ones, representatives of labor groups such as the AFL-CIO, the National Education Association and the Service Employees International Union; abortion-rights organizations including NARAL Pro-Choice America; the League of Conservation Voters and other environmental groups; and some of the biggest Democratic campaign givers and insiders, such as strategist and former "Clintonista," Harold Ickes. "There is a general consensus that there needs to be something big on our side to counter what the other side did in the last election," said Steve Rosenthal, a Democratic strategist who led one recent meeting at Tuscana West, an Italian restaurant in Washington. I'm confused on what this clown is talking about. What exactly did the "other side" do in the last election? They weren't the one laundering money coming in from foreign donations. Anyway, I'm sure there will be a full court press designed around distracting the American people from the abysmal job Barry has done in nearly every facet of his job. Every thing will be presented as if seen through the lens of rose colored glasses in an effort to once again attempt to portray Barry as some kind of centrist and very likely going so far as comparing him to Ronald Reagan. That laughable little ploy has already been floated by a recent edition of Time magazine. The question that is yet to be answered is, will the American people buy into the nonsense, yet again, that we know is most assuredly coming. You know what they say, "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.”


Among the big donors involved in these ongoing discussions is Rob McKay, the son of the founder of Taco Bell, you know, the fake meat place. As a guy who is now a San Francisco-based "activist," Mr. McKay leads a group of wealthy liberal Democrats who enjoy nothing more than to fund ultra liberal organizations. Other Democrats involved in the formulation of plans include Robert Dyson, the chief executive of a large New York-based investment firm. Independent campaign groups are supposed to be separate from candidate campaigns. Under campaign-finance law, presidential candidates can't receive donations from corporations or labor unions. Right, unless of course you're Barry, then you're simply above all of that petty nonsense. Individual contributions are limited to $2,500 per person for the 2012 general election. By contrast, most outside campaign groups can accept unlimited donations from individuals, labor unions and companies, but are barred from coordinating their campaign efforts with the candidates' campaigns. That's not exactly how I remember things happening during the last go round with this guy. There were many questions left unanswered regarding sources of large amount of campaign cash that came flooding into the Barry's campaign coffers. Republicans had better start preparing themselves for any number of shady tactics that they are most likely going to be running up against. They can ill afford to be caught flatfooted by this ethically challenged gang of political hacks. Our side has to be willing to play the game by the same rules as do our adversaries if we are to have any hope of achieving victory. There is simply too much at stack to do otherwise.


One Democrat involved in creating and implementing the pro-Barry effort, is David Brock, the founder of Media Matters, another in a string of George Soros funded liberal "watchdog" groups. Mr. Brock could be involved in private Democratic groups raising funds for various advocacy ads. The sleazy Mr. Brock also founded a group, no doubt with more Soros money, called American Bridge that accepts donations that are then used in its efforts to go about the digging up of dirt on any and all of the Republicans hoping to unseat Barry in his bid for re-election in 2012. No doubt more of that civility that Democrats say is so badly needed. Mr. Brock's Media Matters is a frequent, and very vocal, critic of Fox News, as is his butt-buddy and well known sugar daddy, Soros, which like the Wall Street Journal is owned by News Corp. Mr. Brock said he expected there to be multiple independent groups "working in concert, just as there are on the Republican side." But he said the emphasis would be on cooperation. "I don't see this as a competitive situation," he said. The RNC and other groups on the Right had best consider that as being a shot across their bow. The gathering and assembling of assets needs to get started now if it hasn't gotten started already. There is not a moment to lose, especially when our side is the only one playing by the rules and is therefore operating at a distinct disadvantage. We can count on the Democrats being up to their usual tricks and to employ their standard tactics. We must start getting ready now!


Still other Democrats expect to create separate groups to lead the pro-Barry effort. These Democrats say they want the White House to provide some signal indicating which group will become the central outside organization supporting the president's re-election. Under current campaign-finance law, it would be illegal for Barry or people working for his campaign to discuss strategy with those running the outside political entity. But as we all know, since when has the possibility of something being illegal ever stopped the Democrats and especially Barry himself? I lost count of the number of shenanigans that went on during 2008. However, Democrats do say that if one of Barry's current or former aides were to join one of these outside groups, they would take that as a strong sign that the president had "unofficially" anointed it. "That would be a very big signal that something is being formed that everyone can back and that wouldn't violate the spirit of the last campaign," said Andy Stern, former head of the SEIU, who remains an active player in plotting the Barry strategy for 2012. And trust me when I say that "plotting" is exactly the right way to describe what is currently underway by this collection of very shady characters. We must be wary of the pending onslaught that is most definitely headed our way in the not too distant future. Because there is no way that those currently devising the plans will be able to rely on the truth when it comes to telling the story of all that Barry has done. They will also be forced into glossing over his many lapses in leadership, a quality that he most definitely lacking. As just one of the more serious examples, the Middle East which, thanks to this global warming nut, we have become even more dependent upon for oil is now literally going up in smoke while he has done nothing more than to sit on his hands. Meanwhile, $15 a gallon gas is now said to be something that could very much become a reality.


There is speculation among Democrats that recently departed White House spokesman Robert "That Silver Tongued Devil" Gibbs may assume leadership of a prominent, new campaign organization. Gibbs in a leadership position? You're joking! Other possible candidates include Barry spokesman Bill Burton and White House adviser Sean Sweeney, both of whom left the White House last week. Mr. Gibbs said in an email that he wasn't going to "start or run" any outside political group. But we know honest truthful this clown is. Mr. Burton said he and Mr. Sweeney intend to do political consulting work, but have not committed to any individual or group. Right! All of these guys are nothing but liars and try to be too clever by about half. Who is it exactly that they think they're fooling? In the 2010 election, several new conservative organizations spent about $300 million to help Republicans win control of the House. One group, Americans for Prosperity, spent nearly $40 million against Democrats in 2010, up from about $14 million in 2006. The conservative organization was heavily funded by Charles and David Koch, who own Koch Industries Inc. Those conservative groups, who have not yet settled on their plans for the 2012 election, had best get themselves properly motivated. And it is possible that some may be tempted to focus more of their attention on races for the Senate, where Republicans believe they will be able win the majority. However, believing that you can gain the majority and actually being able to accomplish that feat are two very different things. We cannot afford to waste any time, money on effort upon those things that we have fewer opportunities to actually prevail. In either case, they had better get moving or they are liable to end up having the butts handed to them on both fronts. Now is not the time to become complacent, our present situation gets more dire with each passing day.


This country is so far into the toilet financially, economically as well as internationally that the absolute last thing we need is a second Barry term. It would be far worse than had there been a second Carter term, which many have argued is what we are currently living through. If those currently working on what they see as being the necessary chicanery to gain Barry a second term are in fact successful in their endeavor, then the future of this great country becomes considerably darker. We on the right must be just as determined in our efforts to bring this disastrous presidency to its rightful end. Barry must be sent packing so that he can then move on to the lecture circuit joining his buddies "BJ" Clinton and Jimmy "Peanut Brain" Carter in their continuing efforts to slander America. I find it more that just a little amazing that is in this rather unique group of sycophants that we would have an Oxford scholar and 2 Nobel laureates. Yes my friends, truth is in fact, stranger than fiction, much stranger.

CRYBABY DEMOCRATS CUT AND RUN…

First was Wisconsin, then came Indiana, and now it is said that Ohio may be next. Democrats are on the run everywhere, exercising this new tactic of theirs in an effort to stymie Republican efforts to reel in outrageous spending that has as its root cause, out of control public unions. This is just so childish, it as if they're holding their breath until they turn blue if they don’t get what they want. Meanwhile back in Washington, and for pretty much the entire time since the Republicans assumed control of the House, all we have continued to here about is the supposed looming shutdown of the government, and how that would be so bad. Funny though, the only ones who have been talking it up, of course, have been the Democrats. It’s like they want just such a thing to happen. Might the Democrats in Washington be so desperate to bring such an eventuality about that they would choose to follow suit with their brethren in Wisconsin, and when push comes to shove, simply run for the hills and go into hiding? I can only surmise that in that specific situation a government shutdown would be acceptable to Democrats, since it would they who would be bringing it about. If this whole screwy scenario shows anything, it's that it proves beyond the shadow of a doubt just whose side the Democrats are really on. And it sure ain't the side of most voters. What has become painfully obvious here, and in a relatively short period of time, is the fact that Democrats as a whole have no core principles, very little, if any, character and are completely untrustworthy. Their sole purpose in life, apparently, is to do nothing more than the bidding of their Union task masters.

This imbecilic behavior exhibited by these creeps would be funny if the consequences produced by it weren't so tragic. Democrats on the run in Wisconsin have threatened to stay in hiding for weeks, with their sole intent being nothing more than the potential paralyzing of a state government that they no longer control. Apparently, there's a reason they're no longer in control of it. The Democratic Party's stand against balancing the state's budget by cutting the pay, benefits and collective-bargaining rights of public workers is the most idiotic action yet taken by Democrats in their efforts to push back against last fall's GOP wave. Look, what's going on here should come as no big surprise to anyone, even these stupid Democrats. It's not like no one knew that this was coming. Before the 2010 election, Republicans made it crystal clear, telling everyone and in no uncertain terms that if they were elected that the unions would become a target, and the Wisconsin GOP has more than enough votes to pass its plans once the Legislature convenes. Republicans are only doing what they were elected by the people to do. As the governor has said on any number of occasions, the 5 million people who reside in his state deserve to be heard just as much as do the 300,000 screaming malcontents now doing all of the complaining. These 5 million people are getting tired of footing the bill to cover the growing cost of supporting these 300,000 folks and getting nothing in return except an unsustainable amount of debt.


The 14 Senate Wisconsin Democrats left the state Thursday, delaying action in that chamber on a sweeping bill reigning in these out of control public employee unions. Senator Jon Erpenbach, one of those stellar Democrats who chose to walk off the job and flee the state, said Friday the group is prepared to be away for weeks, although he would like the standoff to end as soon as possible. Is Erpenbach and his cohorts still getting paid? "That really, truly is up to the governor," he said Friday as he was holed up in a downtown Chicago hotel. "It's his responsibility to bring the state together. The state is not unified. It is totally torn part." How is the governor responsible for the behavior of these sleazy political hacks. So let me see if I have this right. These gutless cowards run across the state line, go in hiding, and it's the governor's fault that things are, to use this jerk's phrase, "totally torn apart." Man this is just so grade school. This idiot Erpenbach accused new Republican Governor Scott Walker of trying to rush the legislation, calling the governor's style "dictatorial" at times. Oh that's rich, a Democrat accusing anyone of acting dictatorial. "We all didn't want to do this. I didn't want to do this," he said. "The only other option we had to slow things down, was to leave." I know what would happen to me if I chose to walk off of my job. That's nothing but a bunch of whiny BS. All 14 lawmakers planned to meet somewhere near Chicago to discuss their options, said this sleazeball Erpenbach, who said he has not spoken to any Republican lawmakers since leaving. Ah, all this new civility, don't ya just love it.


Under Governor Walker's "dictatorial" plan, state and local public employees could no longer collectively bargain over any issue except wage increases that are no higher than the Consumer Price Index. It would also make workers pay half the costs of their pensions and at least 12.6 percent of their health care premiums. State employees' costs would go up by an average of 8 percent. Boy, that sure sounds pretty dictatorial to me. NOT! The changes would save the state $30 million by June 30 and $300 million over the next two years to address a $3.6 billion budget shortfall. Unions could still represent workers, but they could not force employees to pay dues and would have to hold annual votes to stay organized. Local police, firefighters and state troopers would retain their collective bargaining rights. But despite the exemption, many of them have shown up at the rallies in support. Well, if these cops and firefighters want to join in the ruckus, let them be on the receiving end of the same requirements. This sense of entitlement possessed by all of these leeches has not gotten totally out of hand. Enough is enough! What gives these overpaid and underworked crybabies, the right to demand from me that I pay for both their retirement and their healthcare? Why should I have to pay for mine and theirs? I think it perfected justified to ask them to pony up some of their own funds to cover their own costs.


The governor's proposal marks a dramatic shift for Wisconsin, which passed a comprehensive-collective bargaining law in 1959 and was the birthplace of the national union representing all non-federal public employees. Protests at the state Capitol entered a fourth day as demonstrators vowed to stay as long as was needed to get the concessions they want. "Hell no, we won't go!" they chanted inside the Capitol as they banged on drums, sat cross-legged in the halls and waved signs comparing Walker to former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. The scariest part of this whole thing is that these are examples of the caliber of individual who we have entrusted to teach our children. Outside the Capitol, demonstrators marched in a procession led by Jesse "The Blackmailer" Jackson, who said workers "should be at the table full-strength to solve the problem." The governor "should not crush them to solve the problem. The labor-business-government is the balancing wheel. If you crush labor, there is no balance." Who exactly is it that's being crushed? Personally, I'd say it is those who have been repeatedly forced to cover the cost generated by these parasites. What needs to now happen is for there to be a little well deserved retribution. These people need to be provided with a deadline by which if they are not back on the job, then that job will be terminated with them also being barred from seeking any other position in the public sector in the state of Wisconsin.


The leader of the state's largest public employee union said workers are willing to make financial concessions but will not give up their bargaining rights. Marty Beil, executive director of the Wisconsin State Employees Union, issued a statement saying the protests would continue until Walker sits down with the unions. Some how I don’t really think that Mr. Beil is in any position to be making threats. All he may end up getting in the end would be for many of his union members to get fired. In a sign that the commotion might be causing other problems for the governor, he pushed back releasing his two-year budget plan by one week, to March 1. He will still deliver a speech to lawmakers about the budget as planned on Tuesday, but won't release his actual bill until the following week. The governor insists the concessions he is seeking from public workers, including higher health insurance and pension contributions, are necessary to deal with the state's projected $3.6 billion budget shortfall and to avoid layoffs. Eliminating their collective-bargaining rights, except over wage increases not greater than the Consumer Price Index, is necessary in order to give the state and local governments and schools the flexibility needed to deal with upcoming cuts in state aid, Walker said.


Meanwhile over in the great state if Indiana, House Democrats are pulling the same childish stunt by leaving the state rather than vote on anti-union legislation, The Indianapolis Star has learned. A source said Democrats are headed to Illinois, though it was possible some also might go to Kentucky. They need to go to a state with a Democratic governor to avoid being taken into police custody and returned to Indiana. So evidently the Democrats are banding together in their efforts to swindle their voters for no other reason that to remain on the good side of union leaders. This is nothing short of a conspiracy against the American people to satisfy the appetite of corrupt unions who form a core constituency of the Democrat Party. The Indiana House came into session with only two of the 40 Democrats present. Those two were needed to make a motion, and a seconding motion, for any procedural steps Democrats would want to take to ensure Republicans don’t do anything official without quorum. With only 58 legislators present, there was no quorum present to do business. The House needs 67 of its members to be present. Rep. Terri Austin, D-Anderson, told House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, that Democrats “continue to be in caucus” to discuss potential amendments to several bills. Bosma said he was “flummoxed,” adjourned until noon, and labor union members watching in the gallery and hallway outside cheered the work stoppage. I just don't see how these union members can see this type of crude behavior as being what will gain them any amount of sympathy.


The most recent fight was triggered by Republicans pushing a bill that would bar unions and companies from negotiating a contract that requires non-union members to kick-in fees for representation. It’s become the latest in what is rapidly becoming a national fight over Republican attempts to eliminate or limit collective bargaining. House Minority Leader B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, “has taken a page out of the Wisconsin Senate playbook apparently” by keeping his caucus in hiding, Bosma said. “They are shirking the job that they were hired to do.” In Wisconsin, Senate Democrats have fled to Illinois to deny Republicans the quorum they need to pass legislation limiting collective bargaining for many public employees. Asked at what point he would call in the Indiana State Police to attempt to round up the Democrats, Bosma said: “We’ll see how the day goes.” Governor Mitch Daniels had said he supports the policy his party is pursuing in this legislation, but said earlier that this is not the year to do it with so many other critical legislation in the works, including his education reform agenda. Bosma said he spoke to Daniels and said the governor is “very supportive of our position to come in and try to do our work. He was not pleased that the Democrats weren’t here to do their work. And like me is just waiting to see how the course of the day proceeds.”


Austin told reporters that “it doesn’t matter where they (Democrats) are at this point. What matters is that they’re trying to figure out a way to save the state from this radical agenda.” A radical agenda? Asked if they were in the state, Austin said only: “They’re working hard.” The last time a prolonged walk-out happened in the Indiana legislature was in the mid-1990s, when Republicans were in control and tried to draw new legislative district maps, eliminating a district that likely would have been a Democrat one, in the middle of the decade. Democrats won that standoff, staying away several days until Republicans dropped the plan. Let's hope this time around the outcome is a little different. We cannot allow scum like this to hold the rest if us hostage. We need to acting like grownups, not spoiled little brats. That's the only way we're going to get out of this mess.

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GEORGE SOROS, MAN ON A MISSION

Whether or not George Soros is stoned out of his gourd, senile or just plain crazy, I think there is one thing that most of us can agree on, it’s the fact that he is a very dangerous individual. The threat he poses against this country should never be underestimated. So it was then that sounding much like the proverbial broken record, this well known crackpot and "Billionaire Boob," George Soros, once again let fly with one of his trademark diatribes against Fox News, Glenn Beck and Rupert Murdoch this past Sunday during a CNN (Communist News Network) interview. As usual, he wasted very little time in likening them all to Nazis or to the fictitious “Big Brother” of George Orwell for what he described as their continual efforts to manipulate public opinion. You have to ask yourself, just what planet is this guy from? With very little prompting he went on to suggest that those who comprise the Tea Party movement are simply deluded and should be pitied because they don’t "understand" the economic forces at work here in the United States. On the contrary George, they understand things perfectly. They see an arrogant government that is far too willing to spend far beyond its means and they just want it to stop. He accusations of manipulation by Fox News ring just a little hollow as it was just last year that Soros donated $1 million to the very liberal media analysis group Media Matters, the primary function of which is the attacking of Fox News. For years, the group has denied being secretly funded by Soros, who stressed that this was his first ever donation to the group. It's groups like this and any number of other Soros front groups who are working, sometimes in the open but most times not, 24/7 to manipulate the general public. Soros took his numerous pot shots on Sunday’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” on CNN, accusing Murdoch of using Fox News and his media empire to change the direction of government. He reacted to Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck’s assertion that there is a “shadow government” with puppets and puppet masters, with Soros pulling all of the strings. Beck must be pretty close to the mark, why else would Soros be so determined to discredit both Beck and Fox.

“Well, I would be amused if people saw the joke in it, because what he is doing, he is projecting what Fox — what Rupert Murdoch is doing, because he has a media empire that is telling the people some falsehoods and mis — and leading the government in the wrong direction,” Soros said. “But, you know, by accusing me of doing that, it’s kind of — it makes it rather hard to see that it’s really — he is working for the man who is doing it which is Fox News.” So according to George, it is Murdoch who is the puppet master operating from behind the scenes and the direction in which Beck and others would like to see the country go, as being the wrong direction. Then to George’s way of thinking, we can only assume that the direction in which Barry is now attempting to drag it must the right direction. And available evidence would indicate that George is very much in agreement with Barry’s choice of direction. “Fox News makes a habit — it has imported the methods of George Orwell, you know, newspeak, where you can tell the people falsehoods and deceive them,” Soros said. “...They succeeded in — in Germany, where the Weimar Republic collapsed and you had a Nazi regime follow it. So this is a very, very dangerous way of deceiving people. And I would like people to be aware that they are being deceived. Now, I — because I saw it as a child, I immediately react that way. But the people in America, they are innocent. They haven’t had the experience. They’re having the experience now. And I hope they wake up and they realize that they are being deceived.” I think more people everyday realize that those who are so determined to deceive them are in fact George and those who are supported by his many front groups. They are the true experts at "newspeak," not Fox or Beck. If there is anyone that is to be seen as trying to deceive the American people, it's our buddy George. It is he who is using the Nazi tactics that he accuses others of using. This Nazi collaborator attempts to use his vast wealth through his Open Society Foundation to further any number of endeavors that are absolutely lethal to our American way of life.


It was in 1993 that Soros established his New York City-based Open Society Institute (OSI), and it is the organization which serves as the flagship of his leftist foundation network. While OSI's philanthropy extends to a number of nations around the world, it is chiefly devoted to awarding scores of millions of dollars each year to a wide array of individuals and organizations that share the founder's many agendas. If one were to take the time to review those agendas it is very easy to see whose side George is on. And it is not the side of America. To discover some indication of where George wishes America to become, simply go over the list below and judge for yourself:


1. promoting the view that America is institutionally an oppressive, racist,
imperialistic nation
2. recruiting and training activist leaders to help foment massive social change
3. disparaging capitalism while promoting a dramatic expansion of social-welfare programs funded by ever-escalating taxes
4. moving American politics ever-further to the left by promoting the election of progressive political candidates
5. promoting leftist ideals and worldviews in the media and the arts
6. Injecting the American judicial system with leftist values
7. advancing leftist agendas by infiltrating churches and religious congregations
8. promoting open borders, mass immigration, a watering down of current immigration laws, increased rights and benefits for illegal aliens, and ultimately amnesty
9. opposing virtually all post-9/11 national-security measures enacted by the U.S. government
10. defending suspected anti-American terrorists and their abettors
11. depicting virtually all American military actions as unwarranted and immoral
12. advocating America’s unilateral disarmament and/or a steep reduction in its military spending
13. promoting radical environmentalism
14. promoting socialized medicine in the United States
15. opposing the death penalty in all circumstances
16. promoting modern-day feminism's core tenet―that America is fundamentally a sexist society where discrimination and violence against women have reached epidemic proportions
17. promoting women's right to taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand
18. promoting global government which would bring American foreign policy under the control of the United Nations or other international bodies
19. supporting drug legalization
20. supporting euthanasia for the terminally ill
21. pressuring mortgage lenders to make loans to undercapitalized borrowers, a practice that helped spark the subprime mortgage crisis and housing-market collapse of 2008
22. advocating stricter gun-control measures


Zakaria went on to ask Soros about his thoughts of the Tea Party. “Look, I think the people in the tea party are very decent people, hard-working. They have been hit by a force that they — that comes from somewhere which they can’t fully understand,” Soros said. “And they are being misled. And they are misled by people who are using it for their selfish purposes, namely to remove regulations and reduce taxation. So reduce taxation and regulation and they are being used and deceived.” This guy is really a trip. He accused others of what he himself is trying to do, mislead the American people. He’s counting on the gullibility of the American people to buy into the garbage he is busy selling. The sad truth of the matter is that he has many accomplices in the state run media who are only to happy to parrot the drivel that he is determined to present as fact. It is imperative that the American people recognize the insidious nature behind the tactics employed by Soros in his efforts to undermine those things on which our country was formed. However, to do so will require them to avoid the usual sources of information, which in most instances are either wholly owned subsidiaries of some George front group or owned by Soros outright. We must all be wary and not allow ourselves to be lulled into falling for any of what Soros has designed for us.

BARRY UNLEASHES HIS GOON SQUAD….

What is it about our "Dear Leader," Barry that make him feel that he has the right to interfere on pretty much of a regular basis regarding how governors choose to run their states. Funny though, it’s only when the governors are Republicans. So it is then that while he has more than enough to keep him busy in Washington, he has, instead, once again chosen to insert himself into something that is essentially none of his business. I'm sure we all remember how it was, not all that long ago, that he took it upon himself to halt the Arizona governor's attempt to protect her citizens from Mexican thugs who seem able to cross our border pretty much at will. Instead of offering assistance, he took the unusual step of having his Attorney General suing the state of Arizona. This week he decided to once more enter into the area of stepping on state’s rights by sending hordes of his “people” into Wisconsin to assist the locals with their protesting of measures being taken in the present budget battle. Working to mobilize opposition to a Republican bill that would curb public-worker benefits, plans are also being put together for the staging of similar type actions in other state capitals as well. Barry has now officially sunk to yet another all new low, even for him, in his accusing Scott Walker, the state's duly elected Republican governor, of unleashing an "assault" on unions regarding the governor's pushing of emergency legislation that would nullify collective-bargaining agreements that affect most public employees, including teachers. So here we have a gutless Democrat president totally unwilling to confront our rapidly rising national debt, doing nothing more than to slander a Republican governor who has the guts to do what is necessary to prevent his state from going broke.

Always eager to throw his weight behind any endeavor supported by his blatantly corrupt Union buddies, whenever and wherever he can, Barry has instructed those who comprise his political machine, Organizing for America, to work in close coordination with state and national union officials in their efforts to mobilize thousands of protesters gathering in Madison. Instructions have also been given to assist with plans for similar demonstrations in other state capitals as well. This Alinsky-like behavior is already beginning to spread, as thousands of labor supporters turned out for a hearing in Columbus, Ohio, to protest a measure proposed by Governor John Kasich, another Republican governor, that would cut collective-bargaining rights. Democrat Party officials are busy working to organize additional demonstrations in Ohio and Indiana, where an effort is underway to trim benefits for public workers. Some union activists predicted similar protests in Missouri, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Is this really the type of behavior we should expect to see coming from one our two major political party's? This is nothing short of blatant political thuggery. The type of activity one would expect to see in some Third World country. Well on second thought, it is pretty much the typical Chicago style of politics that our current president has been involved in before. Essentially ever since he first blew into the "Windy City" so many years ago. This is the only way he knows how to operate. He is still focused on his promise to "fundamentally transform" America.


Under Governor Walker's plan, what has all these union freeloaders in such a panic is that most public workers, excluding police, firefighters and state troopers, would have to pay half of their pension costs and at least 12 percent of their health-care costs. They would also lose bargaining rights for anything other than pay. Our “Fearless Leader” has characterized efforts to reel in the cost to the taxpayer of the growing subsidizing of these greedy malcontents as being nothing less than an out and out assault on unions. How dare Governor Walker have the "audacity" to ask these perpetual parasites to cover some of the cost of their own freight here? Governor Walker, who took office only last month, says the emergency measure is needed in order to save $300 million over the next two years to help close a $3.6 Billion budget gap in his state. Drastic problems require drastic solutions to solve them. The gravy train has been enjoyed for far too long by these public sector leeches who are now busying themselves by acting like nothing more than spoiled children. It's time for the playing field to be leveled between public employee pay and benefits and those who are forced to cover the costs. These people have been allowed to run amuck for decades and now the bill has finally come due. And there are very few options left. So my message to them would be to, "Suck it up!"


Barry is never hesitant about doing his best to throw a little gasoline on the fire. Our "community agitator" of a president told a Milwaukee television reporter, "Some of what I've heard coming out of Wisconsin, where they're just making it harder for public employees to collectively bargain generally, seems like more of an assault on unions." Sleazy does not even begin to describe the caliber of Barry's behavior regarding this matter, and hypocrisy abounds here with Barry taking the unprecedented step of inviting a local station into the White House for a sit-down interview for the sole purpose of slamming a Republican governor. Barry said, "I think everybody's got to make some adjustments, but I think it's also important to recognize that public employees make enormous contributions to our states and our citizens." The White House political operation, Organizing for America, has now gotten involved, after Democratic National Committee Chairman Timothy M. Kaine, a former Virginia governor, spoke to union leaders in Madison. The group made phone calls, distributed messages via Twitter and Facebook, and sent e-mails to its state and national lists to try to build crowds for rallies, a Democrat Party official said. Rightfully so, National Republican leaders, have praised efforts similar to Walker's and leapt to his defense.


House Speaker John Boehner issued a stern rebuke of the White House, calling on Barry to wave off his political operation and stop criticizing the governor. "This is not the way you begin an 'adult conversation' in America about solutions to the fiscal challenges that are destroying jobs in our country," Boehner said in a statement, alluding to the president's call for civility in budget talks. Mr. Boehner's first mistake is to assume that the president is capable of acting like an adult. The Speaker added, "Rather than shouting down those in office who speak honestly about the challenges we face, the president and his advisers should lead." I think it very safe to say that our president is anything but a leader. Barry has no intention of trying to lead, because what is going on in Wisconsin and what he is doing his best to ignite in other states is exactly what he wants to have happen. That's why he's sending in his folks in an attempt to heighten the level of animosity. This is how "community agitators" work, this is what he sees as being the means to his end. Barry's sole intent here is to stir the pot because as far as he is concerned, the hate and discontent he can stir up, the better it is for him. To have a president who possesses such a warped mentality is a little unsettling.


The battle raging in the states underscores the very deep philosophical and political divisions between Barry and Republicans over how best to control spending and who should bear the brunt of the costs. By aligning himself so closely with unions, our buddy Barry is throwing the country under the bus as he chooses to side with a core piece of the Democratic Party base, but one that has chafed in recent weeks as Barry has sought to attempt to portray himself as more of a centrist to voters by his appearing to reach out to business leaders. Republicans now see a chance for them to show that they're the ones willing to make the tough choices to cut spending and to challenge the power of public-sector unions, which are the largest element of the labor movement and regularly raise tens of millions of dollars for Democrat campaigns. Governors in both parties are slashing once-untouchable programs, including those covering education, health care for the poor and aid to local governments. Some states, such as Illinois, have passed major tax increases. And if I remember correctly, those tax hikes were the parting shot of a Democrat controlled legislature and were put in place in the dark of night before they were tossed out of office. Typical behavior for Democrats.


States face a collective budget deficit of $175 billion through 2013. Many experts say state tax revenue will not fully recover until the nation returns to full employment, which is not likely for several years thanks to Barry and the Democrats. Beyond their short-term fiscal problems, many states face pension and retiree health-care costs that many analysts say are quite simply unsustainable. Some states already are curtailing retirement benefits for new employees, although many analysts say it will take much more than that to bring their long-term obligations in line. The huge debt burdens coupled with the impending termination of federal stimulus aid later this year have spurred talk of the need for a federal bailout for the states. At least for now the White House has dismissed such speculation, saying states have the wherewithal to raise taxes, cut programs and renegotiate employee contracts to balance their books. Of course, for Democrats the only solution to any budget dilemma is always to raise taxes. To their way of thinking, we should never actually cut spending. Well the time to cut spending is now officially upon us and everyone, including unionized public employees need to start paying their fair share. The days of the free lunch are over!


The organized protest at the Wisconsin state capitol drew an estimated 25,000 people, and long after the quorum call, thousands remained on the grounds, from children in strollers to old ladies in wheelchairs. Many of the “protesters,” such as 51-year-old Laurie Bauer, had been on hand since Tuesday, with no plans to leave until the issue is resolved. "It's one thing about the money. We'd be willing to negotiate the money," said Bauer, a “library media specialist,” whatever the heck that is, at Parker High School in Janesville. But "he's trying to take away our human rights. I don't want my kids living in a state like that." Have you ever heard a more idiotic statement come out of the mouth of anyone? Then we have Loren Mikkelson, 37, who held the same position, that budget cuts are negotiable, but collective bargaining rights are not. "We can meet in the middle. We're willing to give. He's acting like we've never given anything; we've given," said Mikkelson, a “airfield maintenance worker” who said he has endured furloughs and pay cuts in his county job. "We just want a voice." Buddy, quit your damn whining, don’t you know that nobody likes a whiner, especially an over paid one. You've had a voice, now it's time for those who have been paying your bills to have a voice. It’s time for you to start covering some of the cost of your outrageous and very costly "benefits" that up to now I and my fellow taxpayers been footing the entire bill for. Do yourself a favor and just grow up!


The state-level battles and Barry's decision to step into the fray illustrate how the budget choices state leaders are facing probably will have direct implications for the president's political standing. Wisconsin and Ohio are likely to prove to be battlegrounds for Obama's re-election effort. Mobilizing Organizing for America around the budget fights could help kick-start a political machinery that has been largely stagnant since the 2008 campaign and reignite union activists who have expressed some disappointment with Barry. However, it could very well prove be somewhat of a double edged sword because by leaping in to defend public workers, the president risks alienating swing voters in those states and nationwide who are sympathetic to GOP governors perceived as taking on special interests to cut spending. Barry, in his comments to the Wisconsin TV reporter, tried to walk a fine line, noting that he, too, has taken on the unions. "We had to impose a freeze on pay increases on federal workers for the next two years as part of my overall budget freeze," he said. "I think those kinds of adjustments are the right thing to do." For him to say that he too has taken on the unions is more than disingenuous, it's a lie.


Governor Walker, meanwhile, called his proposals "modest" and appeared to be trying to show distance between public employees and workers employed by private companies, who he said expressed support for his policies during visits he made to manufacturing plants this week. "Many of the companies I went by, like so many others across the state, don't have pensions, and the 401(k)s they have over the last year or two, they've had to suspend the employer contribution," Walker told Milwaukee radio station WTMJ. "So, not a lot of sympathy from these guys in private-sector manufacturing companies who I think reflect a lot of the workers in the state who say what we're asking for is pretty modest." Modest or not, these professional freeloaders have gotten their free ride for long enough for no other reason than because they belong to corrupt unions. For years they've been laughing all the way to the bank at all of us suckers who were left to pick up their tab. And enough is enough. The money is now gone.Ob

JIMMY "THE STOOGE" CARTER, FOREIGN POLICY GURU…NOT!

Now we have Jimmy Carter who, until recently, has been referred to as this nation's worst president, being perceived as being some sort of a knowledgeable authority regarding all matters having to do with foreign policy, especially the Middle East. It seems that recently our old friend, Jimmy "the Stooge," told a crowd of 900-plus students and Austin residents that he doesn’t fear that the Muslim Brotherhood will take power in Egypt and that he believes his buddy Barry, the man who has essentially been charged with carrying out the second term of Carter's presidency, has carried on in true Carter tradition in how he chose to handle the situation in Egypt. Obviously Carter thinks it was all handled quite properly. Boy, I sure feel better now! How about you? And speaking of his own disastrous presidency, Carter said, “My proudest accomplishment was that I never dropped a bomb, fired a bullet or shot a missile.” I think anyone looking back at Carter's time in office would see very little for anyone, especially Jimmy, to be very proud of. It was a time that, at least up to the Barry presidency, was easily the worst period in this country since the 1930s. I guess Jimmy is proud of all that he accomplished during his time in office with its double digit unemployment, as well as its double digit interest rates and inflation. That anyone with a single brain cell would consider this moron as the go to guy for anything is more than a little frightening. This appeasement oriented pacifist represents a school of thought that is not only extremely dangerous, but reckless as well.

The silly event, “A Conversation with Former President Jimmy Carter,” was prompted in part by the former President’s latest work of fiction entitled, “White House Diary,” and was sponsored by the LBJ Library and led by its executive director, Mark K. Updegrove. I have to ask, other than brain washed college students, is there really a large enough audience of people who give a hoot about what this moron thinks about anything. But I digress. Anyway, this little soiree took place in the Lyndon B. Johnson Auditorium on the UT Austin campus. Mr. Updegrove, whose intelligence I find myself calling into question here, started the whole rather pointless conversation by asking Jimmy about current status of affairs in the Middle East. So here we have a guy who has, on a number of occasions, sided with every murdering terrorist group on the planet, and we have someone asking his opinion regarding the Middle East. Simply because this clown, this former president, "negotiated," and I use the term rather loosely, the Camp David Accords in 1978, which set up a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel he is now perceived as being some kind if an authority on the entire Middle East whose opinion is to be valued. At the time Anwar al-Sadat was Egypt’s president, Menachem Begin Israel’s prime minister and the fact that they entered into the agreement that was ultimately reached has much more to do with the integrity of these two men than with anything Jimmy might have done.


“I think the Middle East is still a testing box for the whole world, and I say that greatly recognizing that there are other places threatening to erupt,” Carter said. “And I include the Middle East as a totality, of course, not only including Lebanon but also Pakistan.” Carter insists on inserting himself into situations where he no expertise other than his constant determination to side with the wrong team. And more often than not he only succeeds in making matters worse, mush worse. He seems to take great pleasure in willingly providing to hostile news media any number of prime little sound bites that are ideal for use as propaganda by the bad guys. If it wasn't for the fact that this idiot managed himself into being a former president, no one in their right would be giving him or anything he says the slightest amount of attention. But he is a former president, so sadly, like it or not, what he says carries a certain amount of weight. They say timing is everything, and in the case of Carter winning election, nothing could better prove that point. He is a media whore and is often provided with a stage to spew his anti-American sentiment by members of a state run media who are of the same opinion as his regarding this country. Carter said when he became president he wanted to bring peace to the Holy Land. That statement alone clearly shows the naïveté of this utopia obsessed nimrod. He did this country no favors while in office and he has done only harm since the American people saw the error of their ways and replaced him with Ronald Reagan.


Jimmy refers to Anwar Sadat as the finest person he’s ever met. I've often wondered if Mr. Sadat thought as highly of Jimmy. Somehow, I seriously doubt it. I'm sure he knew a moron when he saw one. Carter was no Sadat, that's for sure. In October 1979, Sadat was assassinated and Hosni Mubarak became president. “And after following such an enlightening leader for years, Mubarak became infatuated with power and they were getting very rich in investing in money made schemes and wouldn’t let anyone challenge him for president,” Carter said. Such is Carter's opinion, and nothing more. “So for 30 years there was no form of democracy or freedom; it became increasingly abusive.” The Carter Center, the former president’s humanitarian organization, will be sending a delegation to Egypt within a few weeks to visit with military leaders, help draft a constitution and set up democratic elections for September. I'll bet they're all waiting on pins and needles for those clowns to show up. The former president has also met members of the Muslim Brotherhood during his time in Egypt. According to Carter, and Lord knows what he bases his assumption on, only 15 percent of Egyptians would actually vote for the Brotherhood during elections. Carter is nothing if not absolutely clueless, he has repeatedly taken a firm stance against all those who want only to be free, instead choosing to side with those who wish to forever extinguish any desire among their people to be free. He's just but one more backstabbing hypocrite who seems to take a great deal of pleasure slandering his country whenever the opportunity may present itself.


“I think that the Muslim Brotherhood is not anything to be afraid of,” Carter said. “They will be subsumed in the overwhelming demonstration of desire for freedom and democracy.” Well gee, if Jimmy says it going to okay, what's there to worry about? That's good enough for me! I sure do feel better. In terms of U.S. involvement, Jimmy said Barry "Almighty" handled the situation just as he would have and stressed the importance of “loyalty to Mubarak in the beginning.”  The Nobel Prize laureate also discussed life as a peanut farmer, his unexpected win for the White House and a few of his most cherished memories as president, including his philosophy of peaceful negotiations. Let's be honest here for second if we can, this is the man whom we have to thank for ushering in the Islamic fanaticism that we are now being forced to confront all across the globe. He is the one that started the dominoes falling by his decision to force the Shah from power in Iran and to then turn around and welcome in with open arms that crazy religious wackjob, Ayatollah Khomeini. That one act was the beginning of the end for any hope of ever achieving any degree of lasting stability to speak of, in a region that is today the single point of origin for the radical Muslim extremism that threatens so much havoc. Thanks there Jimmy, great work. Jimmy did not forget that many in his audience were students. “I would like for the young people of the coming generations to strive for transcendence in political affairs, for superb accomplishments not just in your own profession, but in America.” This is such drivel.


Mr. Updegrove, the interviewer in this little exercise in stupidity, has written two books on the presidency, “Baptism By Fire: Eight Presidents Who Took Office in Times of Crisis” and “Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House.” This particular event was part of the Harry Middleton Lectureship Series. Middleton, who served on President Johnson’s White House staff, also attended the event. He says Lady Bird Johnson would have been proud. “Carter brings a vantage point that not very many people have,” Middleton told reporters. Now there's an understatement if ever I heard one. It is this supposedly unique "vantage" point of his that influences the perspective which Jimmy brings to the discussion and that is responsible for his rather skewed point of view being one that would not be in agreement with most sane people. And anyone that is operating from Jimmy's vantage point most definitely does not have America's best interests at heart. Mr. Updegrove added, “He occupied the most important position in the world for four years.” Thank God it was only for four years, can you imagine the level of damage that he could have done had he been in office for eight years. But rest assured, now we have Barry who has pretty much picked up where Carter left off. Actually, Barry is more like Jimmy on steroids. But where we had a Ronald Reagan waiting in the wings back then, I don't see history repeating itself this time around. This time around the cavalry isn't waiting just over the hill. And it's more than a little scary!


UT senior Michael Hurta said, “When he named at least five different diseases … and all of the issues in foreign countries that have come up because of them, it just shows what kind of person he is- that’s he’s fighting to end such problems.” I bet Mike's parents are so very proud. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that they probably voted for Jimmy. Anyway, Hurta added, Carter’s political and charitable efforts after his presidency has made him different from most presidents and keeps him in a leadership position. "Leadership" position? I think Mike and I define leadership just a bit differently. Because Jimmy is not now nor has he ever been anything that would even remotely resemble a leader. Unless you count his being willing to repeatedly bend over and spread them as being his method of choice in dealing with any and all adversaries, potential and otherwise, of this country. “I left with this urgency in my stomach to be an advocate for human rights because that’s what he stresses -- regardless of political association, every American should care about human rights,” he said. Ah, Mike, that was probably just a bad case of gas brought on by listening to Jimmy for too long. Yup, our friend Mike is just another stellar example of the product that is currently being mass produced by our institutions of higher learning. Carter is a joke in nearly every respect. And worse than that, he is a gutless coward who is eager to run down his country at every opportunity especially when on foreign soil for no other reason than that he's guaranteed a standing ovation. He loves to bask in the limelight and will say anything to get there. He is nothing more than a disgusting human being.

THE IRS READIES ITSELF TO "ENFORCE" OBAMACARE...

In what is the epitome of the growing power of our Big Brother government, we now have the Internal Revenue Service saying that it will need a battalion of 1,054 new auditors and staffers and even some additional, new facilities all at a cost to already overburdened taxpayers of more than $359 Million in fiscal 2012. It is claimed that all of these new people as well the new facilities as well, are what will be needed just to watch over the "initial" implementation of Barry's disastrous healthcare/insurance "reforms." Among these new auditors will be 81 workers whose specifically assigned task will be to make sure that all of those tricky tanning salons pay up regarding the new 10 percent excise tax on such activities. Their cost alone will be $11.5 Million. This is nothing but a colossal waste of money at a time when we're already going broke and taxpayers are witnessing their disposable income shrink right before their very eyes. The whole concept of Obamacare is not one that's designed around the creating of more affordable healthcare or even the providing of coverage to those current unable to obtain healthcare. Obviously with the amount of money this thing is going to be costing, it is far from be affordable, for anybody. I think we all know what the purpose is that's behind this very obvious charade. From the get go this supposed "reform" was designed and implemented for the sole intent of providing to the government the means by which it can control not only the ability of every single American to obtain healthcare but also the level of care that they are entitled to receive. The type of healthcare that one will be permitted to receive will now be determined by some faceless bureaucrat hidden away in some cubicle deep in the bowels of the federal government. Barry's plan puts into place a system where prior to any approval for healthcare services being given, factors relating to how useful or productive the requesting individual is to society would then be used to determine if the cost to be incurred by providing the requested healthcare service, is justified.

"The ACA [Affordable Care Act], will require additional resources to build new IT systems; modify existing tax processing systems; provide taxpayer outreach and assistance services; make enhancements to notices, collections, and case management systems to address and resolve taxpayer issues timely and accurately; and conduct focused examinations to encourage compliance," said the newly released IRS budget. In its request, the IRS explained that the tax changes associated with health reform are huge. "Implementation of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 presents a major challenge to the IRS. ACA represents the largest set of tax law changes in more than 20 years, with more than 40 provisions that amend the tax laws." What was noticeably absent throughout all of this, was the fact that this current round of requests is only the beginning of a very costly exercise, since the new healthcare program is evolving and won't be fully implemented until about 2014. That's why it is imperative that this train wreck be prevented from ever occurring. The detailed IRS budget documents spell out exactly what most of the new workforce will be doing. For example, some 81 will be tasked just to handle the tax reporting of 25,000 tanning salons. They face a new 10 percent excise tax on indoor tanning services. Another 76 will be assigned to make sure businesses engaged in making and imported drugs pay their new fee which is expected to deliver $2.8 Billion to the Treasury in 2012 and 2013. The new healthcare watchdogs will also require new facilities as well as new computers.


The document does provide to the Republican at least one bright target to hit if they plan to make good on the many promises made to work toward the defunding of Barry's healthcare plan. Promises they had better make good on if they wish their tenure as Majority in the House to go beyond the next election. As well, all those currently out there loudly proclaiming that the Republicans stand a very good chance of taking control of the Senate could be eating some crow if, as happened any number of time before, the Republicans are successful at nothing more than shooting themselves squarely in both feet. Wyoming Senator John Barrasso, who's become a point man in the budget battle, told Whispers, "The president's irresponsible budget empowers the IRS to begin to audit Americans' healthcare. As the IRS says, Obamacare represents the largest set of tax changes in more than 20 years. Adding hundreds of new jobs and millions of dollars to the IRS isn't going to make care better or more available for anyone. I will continue to fight to repeal and replace Obamacare with patient centered reforms that help the private sector—not the IRS—create more jobs." All that sounds good, but as my deal old dad used to say, "Talk is cheap, it takes money to buy whiskey." There are not many things that are more imperative than the very thorough scuttling of this obamanation that is "Obamacare." Because of it massive impact on so many different levels, as well as the massive expense, needs to be scrapped in its entirety as soon as possible.


Little Timmy "The Tax Cheat" Geithner's Treasury Department, which oversees the IRS said: "The Affordable Care Act includes important tax credits that help small businesses provide health insurance for their employees and partially cover the cost of health insurance for Americans who do not have access to affordable coverage, and Treasury's Budget includes funding for the IRS to administer these tax provisions. The vast majority of this funding will be used to develop information technology systems and other support to implement the law and help taxpayers claim these important credits." The IRS document also noted that other tax law changes related to the stimulus require more workers, estimated at about 215 new employees. It's not all tough news for taxpayers, however. Supposedly, the IRS pays for its enforcement team and more with what they collect from companies and individuals when the try to skip out on paying their "fair share." I guess that would apply to everyone except guys like Timmy, Rangel and Daschle, who because they are Democrats simply can't be bothered by something as trivial as paying taxes. According to the budget documents, the IRS plans to get a big return on investment collecting about $279 million by fiscal year 2014 from those unfortunate enough not to find themselves in powerful positions in the Democrat Party. That's Democrats in Congress don’t mind raising taxes, they never have to pay them. Anyway, the whole scheme regarding the recouping of such an amount is nothing more than a hypothetical coming from officials in the most corrupt administration in recent memory. The strong arm tactics of the IRS are well known and border on those found in and Third World Banana Republic. They're great at acts of intimidation and the making of threats.


And now I've heard that the Republicans on the House Rules Committee reluctantly, or so they say, have rejected Iowa Republican Steve King's amendment to defund health care reform on what appears to me to be a technicality. “It is an abomination that this bill was passed," Rep. Virginia Fox, a North Carolina Republican, said. But, “you are asking us to change the rules here in the Rules Committee… What that does is open us up to the same accusations that were made of our colleagues across the aisle over the last four years in terms of them not being fair to us." Well then these guys had best put their collective heads together and come up with a viable "Plan B," and pretty damn quick. This thing cannot be allowed to stand. I refuse to believe that there is even the remotest chance that Nancy "Botox" is that much smarter than anyone on our side. What we need to do is to do whatever it takes to kill this "Obamacare" thing, and as soon as possible. And if that leaves us open to the same accusations that were aimed at the Democrats, so be it. I would say our counter to that would be to say our motives rest more so with empowering the people and less, as were the Democrats, in favor of empowering the government. We simply cannot let stand this idiotic notion. Speaker Boehner had best put his thinking cap on and come up with a plan to thwart whatever it is that "Stretch" Pelosi may have done to make it difficult to ditch this piece of dog squeeze. The mere fact that she had to include all manner of trickery in the language of this thing lays bare the fact that at the time it was being shoved down our throats she knew exactly what it was. Of course she did say, we'd all know what was in it once it was passed. Those were probably the truest words this pathetic old hag has ever spoken.