Tired of hearing about both sides argue on if the stimulus spending bill worked or not. While it’s important to look at the data to see if it was a mistake, or if it worked. However it does not need to be used as a tool to beat one party or the other up with. As an American citizen, I am so tired of the back and forth in. It worked or it did not, lets move on to something else. If there is money that has not been spent, and the program has not worked, then return the unused money. We really need to get a grip on our national debt as well as our priorities. Far to long we have allowed both parties to do what’s in their best interest instead of what’s best for the Country.
When are the rest of us going to wake up and demand that Congress does a decent job. At this point I would settle for decent, hell almost anything would be an improvement. While I am not a fan nor supporter of President Obama, at least he is trying to get stuff done. Granted most of what he is trying to do I am against…. People blame the President when things go wrong, and while the buck does stop with him, he is limited on what he can really do. Congress has to act before he can.
Lets look at the health care debate, everyone I know thinks we need to reform our system, however few can agree on how to go about it. Instead of a massive bill, why not do something simple, like just passing a small bill, and allow us to find out if it works or not. If it works but we still need additional things done, we can go back and do it. Today 4 senators have written Senator Reid to use reconciliation to pass the health bill that few people want passed. The bill is so big, over 2000 pages, that few people even know what’s in the bill. Most of the people that voted for it, only looked to see if the part that they wanted was in it. Not to mention that the Citizens are not for this bill….. So why are they working on something that We the people do not want? If I knew the answer to that one I would be a rich man.
Each day I read about someone stepping down or deciding not to run for re-election, and if its a Democrat that is retiring, the Republicans get very excited by this. While I am a conservative, I am not blind. I have yet to see the two parties come together on anything. While I am against the Federal Government taking over health care, I am not against health care reform. To me it seems that the politicians want or need for it to be about their Party, when all the American People want is for the Federal Government to work. We do not want to have to hear or read about why something can’t get done in a sensible fashion. There is no need for our National debt to be so high, nor is there any reason why both sides can’t sit down and work through the problems we face today. If they are more concerned about getting re-elected then getting the job done that we sent them to do, they will find themselves looking for another job.
This is not about a party, this is about Our Country, and its time for both political parties to “man up”. Enough of the silly games, its time to stop trying to smack the other party around, and time to work together on the problems we face as a Nation.
Tough times calls for tough actions, while We the American People may not like having to pay more taxes or losing some services, if its explained why we have to, and it makes sense, we will do whatever it takes to get us back on the right track. Keep in mind few people want to pay for other people to sit around and live off the Government and the increase in taxes should be a temporary thing, if they are needed at all.
This is bigger then both parties and bigger then one person….It’s time that both parties came out with the truth. The truth being that we as a Country will have to make some hard decisions, some that will not be popular in the short run. No one I know wants to pay more taxes nor do they want to see the huge waste in spending that goes on each day, by our Federal Government.
I am tired of the same old same old, each day. Enough is enough. Both parties need to pull their heads out of the butts and get to work. Maybe its time we pulled the safety net out from under our elected officials? Let’s make the State’s pay for our own Senators and Congressmen, as well as the staff that goes along with it. Doing a good job? You will get a review each year just like a normal person does, if you rate a pay increase and there is money for you to get one, you will. If not? Maybe next year. While this approach may not work for the House side, it would for the senate, since each state has only 2 senators. We can do away with the nice medical insurance they get and put them on Medicare, do away with their retirement plan and force them to take Social Security and what other personal investments they have made for their retirement. I bet Medicare and Social Security would be high on the list of things that got fixed…..
As a conservative I am not happy to hear that Sen. Evan Bayh, D-IN, is retiring, why? After all he is a Democrat, so why would I be unhappy? Simple, the Senator is one of the few sane ones we have. He has always (or almost) been the voice of reason in the Spending happy Senate. He knows we can’t keep spending the way we are and expect things to stay the same. He has tried to work from with in the system and was blasted at each turn. If you look back at his voting record you will see that he did not toe the party line. In fact he has been one of the few who have even tried to do something about it. He had a hand in crafting debt commission, however the Republicans backed out at the last minute because of the fear of just using the commission to raise taxes and not cut spending. If the commissions mandate is crafted (worded) properly, this could limit the tax increases based on spending cuts. Meaning for every tax dollar you increase you have to cut the same amount in spending…
Now our unsung hero, alright we have sung about him, Senator Scott Brown, appears to have been caught in V.P. Biden’s cross hairs . If this was not our V.P. it would be funny.
On CBS’s “Face the Nation” last weekend, Biden shot back that he doesn’t “know whether the new senator from Massachusetts understands: When you get tried in a military tribunal, you get a lawyer, too.”
Now correct me if I am wrong, but is not Senator Brown in the Massachusetts Army National Guard? But wait it gets worse he is also the Guard’s top defense attorney in New England….
In a fatal move the Nevada Tea Party movement is trying to field a 3rd candidate for Senator Harry Reid’s seat, or is it fatal? Seems that after they filed to run a candidate some people took a hard look at those behind this action…. Story from the Confederate Yankee looks like someone is up to something fishy there….
Iran has repeatedly told the world its going to to what it pleases, and unless someone is willing to go to war over Iran’s nuclear program, they will join the club of countries that have nuclear weapons. China is not going to support any real sanctions against Iran, since they get about 10% or more of their oil from them and Iran is a good trading partner with China. Is it worth going to war over? There lies the question, since no one can say Iran will use the nukes, however no one can say for sure they won’t. A sane person would think that Iran has more to lose by using them let alone making them. However Iran has spit at the world each time the world community has tried to make deals with them. So we are not dealing with a normal country. What scares me the most is how Iran’s ruling party is treating it own citizens, if they are willing to do that to them, what makes anyone think they will not nuke another country? While I would love to see sanctions work, I think they will amount to pissing in the wind. This is a no win situation for anyone. Not for Israel, not for Iraq, and certainly not for the west. While there is no doubt in my mind that Israel can take care of it self, One on One vs any nation in the Middle East, when you add nukes into the picture its a no win situation for the entire middle east.
Call me crazy but if my neighbor has threatened to kill me, and I find out they are building a device to do it with, I know I am not going to wait around till he is done making it, so he can use it on me. I am going to strike first and with everything I have until the threat to me and my family has been ended.
This article is pretty scary, after reading it, I figured that the more people who read it the more informed we will all be, so we might be able to resist this from happening. Please read what Ron Holland from Whiskey and Gunpowder has written
A small part ot it Reports out of Washington indicate that new retirement annuities may be promoted by Obama aides. This is just the beginning! The question every successful American with substantial retirement assets must ask is “what will you do if our retirement funds are forced to become the buyer of last resort for US treasury obligations?” Unless you believe Congress and Washington bureaucrats will do a fair job of allocating and distributing your personal retirement assets between yourself and others, you must begin now to protect your assets.
Armond Budish is the Speaker of the House for the Ohio House of Representatives. Why is this bit of information important? Simple Budish is blocking an Ohio citizen, Elisabeth Trisler a teenager who won the National Right to Life Oratory contest.
I have not been able to muster up the energy to write about Politics. There is a point that it starts to become insane to keep writing about these things that tick me off, and all it does it make my blood boil.
I am now looking for something new to occupy my mind, so I will be looking for another topic to write about. While my writing is not polished, I do enjoy doing it.
I will from time to time vent about Politics…. but not as much…
Axis of Right web site has a pretty scary post today..
News came out today that California is going to have to cut up to $9 billion from its budget or be broke by March, leaving them with no money to run the government until April when a fresh load of taxes start coming in. The constitution in California makes each proposition have the power of a state constitutional amendment, essentially meaning that there’s a lot of waste which the government is legally bound to fund unless repealed. It’s a mess no one seems willing or able to take-on full force, so it’s especially ugly compared to other states.
Unfortunately, this where the future of our nation may be headed. First of all, I believe that the biggest bailout in US history will be the approaching bailout of California — a state which will be deemed “too big to fail” and will require the 49 other states to flip the massive bill.
Then on the other end of the spectrum Susan Collins speaks out about National Security, specifically the failed or missed opportunity to gather intelligence from the underwear bomber by the FBI
Why post both on the same page? Simple both go hand in hand. We need to close our borders and start treating those who do not have the proper paper work (non-citizens) as criminals or in the terrorists case Enemy Combatants. California is broke partly because they refuse to deal with the illegal immigrants and as a nation we are slowly going broke for the same reason. More goes into both problems but as a Nation we have to start some place.
A Murder goes free because he fled the USA back to Mexico… After the Iowa Attorney Generals office finally had the man extradited, and the man was then convicted of the crime of murder, he gets to walk free because in Iowa they have a 90 day law. Meaning you must have the trial with in 90 days of the day charges are brought. They do have a clause in there if its because of the defendants actions, however for some odd reason, the court system turned this man loose. Here is the story
Now I have nothing against anyone coming into the USA legally and working, living or just visiting if they have the proper paper work. But to come here, assume someone else’s name and then commit any crime, let alone murder and walk away?(already breaking one law entering into the country illegally) This is just insane, yet we allow this to happen over and over again. When will the Politicians remove their heads from their butts and understand that losing one American Citizen because they where afraid to make a tough call on securing our borders, is one to many.
