I agree with the tactic used by Senators Nelson and Lieberman, and don't make the mistake of assuming the GOP caused the delays in voting on Occupant's health care, socialized medicine takeover.
The present Democrat caucus has 60 votes. 58 Democrats and 2 Independents who caucus with the Democrats. 60 just happens to be the magic number to invoke cloture and end debate on any issue, including the Occupant takeover of health care to substitute socialized medicine for America.
All the whining and crying about Republican obstruction is a smoke screen by the Marxists to cover their radical agenda. The Marxists opine in favor of bipartisanship, but they want no such thing. The Marxists want only submission from the minority. The Marxists would like to have 5 or 6 GOP votes too, but until they are willing to give time for debate on issues of true reform, they will have no votes from the minority caucus.
I should explain Marxist, and I shall by naming a few. Harry Reid. Chuck Schumer. Dick Durbin. Bryan Dorgan. Jon Tester. Evan Bayh. Ben Nelson. All of the Democrat caucus. They sell their votes for financial considerations designed to assist their re-election efforts. They are no better than criminals.
One other name belongs on the list, but I don't utter it. Present Occupant will have to suffice. I need to remember his tenure is only temporary. January 20, 2013 would be a good day to have a new President of the United States who loves Liberty more than the sound of his own voice.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Merry Christmas To All Except Congress
I wanted to be kind and gentle for the Christmas holiday, but the trash in the United States Senate wouldn't allow it.
They are trash because nothing is sacred to them except for graft in the form of 'special' deals designed to give them cover for voting in favor of the worst piece of legislation in American history. They wanted to make history, and they have. It sucks.
The Republican leadership didn't do its job until the very few last minutes. They opted to send 'messages' to the Democrats who in turn laughed in their faces and voted in lockstep to socialize medicine in America. It is nothing less.
The minority is protected by our Constitution. The minority in the Senate is protected by the rules of the Senate which, to their credit, our leaders followed partially. They allowed the Democrats to exercise their unanimous consent requests without objection until it was too late to really matter. They allowed Senator Reid to buy off his recalcitrant members by 'messaging' America while Reid was messaging Lieberman, Nelson, Sanders and others that the purse of America's taxpayers was open for plunder, and plunder they did.
Senator Jim DeMint was a very bright spot in all this for the GOP. Dr. and Senator Tom Coburn fought hard too. Maybe Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was a fighter too, but one would not know it because the 'master' of Senate rules was outmaneuvered at every turn by Reid. I know, I know; Reid had 60 votes. So? The rules of the world's greatest deliberative are structured so the minority can deliver debate and careful consideration of legislation.
We Republicans failed to win this one. We still have hope, though, because DeMint made some serious objections, along with McConnell, on the appointment of conferees to the committee to reconcile the Senate bill with the House bill. THAT will be fun to watch. I wonder which bunch of Democrats will swallow the hardest to get this piece of .... bill to go down? I will withhold the exact word until after the holiday.
Anyway, Merry Christmas to All. Except for Congress. There are always a few good guys, but collectively, the whole bunch stinks.
Merry Christmas!
They are trash because nothing is sacred to them except for graft in the form of 'special' deals designed to give them cover for voting in favor of the worst piece of legislation in American history. They wanted to make history, and they have. It sucks.
The Republican leadership didn't do its job until the very few last minutes. They opted to send 'messages' to the Democrats who in turn laughed in their faces and voted in lockstep to socialize medicine in America. It is nothing less.
The minority is protected by our Constitution. The minority in the Senate is protected by the rules of the Senate which, to their credit, our leaders followed partially. They allowed the Democrats to exercise their unanimous consent requests without objection until it was too late to really matter. They allowed Senator Reid to buy off his recalcitrant members by 'messaging' America while Reid was messaging Lieberman, Nelson, Sanders and others that the purse of America's taxpayers was open for plunder, and plunder they did.
Senator Jim DeMint was a very bright spot in all this for the GOP. Dr. and Senator Tom Coburn fought hard too. Maybe Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was a fighter too, but one would not know it because the 'master' of Senate rules was outmaneuvered at every turn by Reid. I know, I know; Reid had 60 votes. So? The rules of the world's greatest deliberative are structured so the minority can deliver debate and careful consideration of legislation.
We Republicans failed to win this one. We still have hope, though, because DeMint made some serious objections, along with McConnell, on the appointment of conferees to the committee to reconcile the Senate bill with the House bill. THAT will be fun to watch. I wonder which bunch of Democrats will swallow the hardest to get this piece of .... bill to go down? I will withhold the exact word until after the holiday.
Anyway, Merry Christmas to All. Except for Congress. There are always a few good guys, but collectively, the whole bunch stinks.
Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Social Security and Me
I am a baby boomer who was born in 1952. I have contributed to the Social Security system since I was 18. I have never calculated how many dollars I have put into the hands of bureaucrats who have plundered the system and bankrupted it.
Politicians of every stripe refuse to discuss reform of the system. It is called a third rail of politics meaning death if you touch it. It is time to stop being afraid of true reform of the system.
How do we do this?
Number one, we pledge to pay accrued benefits to each and every person who receives payments today. We pledge to pay cost-of-living increases annually. We will pay this money out of the general fund of the U. S. Treasury, and we will bring the trust fund concept to an end.
Number two, we pledge to pay back to every other person who has contributed to the system his/her entire contribution with NO interest. The payments shall be required to be made into a tax-exempt retirement account that is owned by the recipient. The income and gains from this account shall be exempt from taxes in perpetuity, and the owner may pass down by bequest to the heirs to his/her estate, again without tax liability.
Number three, we pledge to pay the present Medicare bills of eligible retirees out of the general fund of the U. S. Treasury. The Medicare trust fund shall be discontinued since it is also bankrupt.
Number four, employees shall immediately be exempt from any future payroll tax deductions for FICA (Social Security) and Medicare. Employers shall likewise be exempted from payments of matching funds. Employees may spend the additional funds in any way they choose except they must contribute at least 50% of the exempted payroll taxes into a retirement account that shall be tax exempt in perpetuity.
We made promises to retirees. We must keep those promises, but it is time to begin to plan for our own retirement, and we must take responsibility for ourselves.
No more government intervention shall be tolerated. The nanny state will destroy all individual initiative unless we start reform now.
Do not be deterred. Have courage. Courage conquers all.
It is a start. Feel free to "third rail me". I can take it.
Politicians of every stripe refuse to discuss reform of the system. It is called a third rail of politics meaning death if you touch it. It is time to stop being afraid of true reform of the system.
How do we do this?
Number one, we pledge to pay accrued benefits to each and every person who receives payments today. We pledge to pay cost-of-living increases annually. We will pay this money out of the general fund of the U. S. Treasury, and we will bring the trust fund concept to an end.
Number two, we pledge to pay back to every other person who has contributed to the system his/her entire contribution with NO interest. The payments shall be required to be made into a tax-exempt retirement account that is owned by the recipient. The income and gains from this account shall be exempt from taxes in perpetuity, and the owner may pass down by bequest to the heirs to his/her estate, again without tax liability.
Number three, we pledge to pay the present Medicare bills of eligible retirees out of the general fund of the U. S. Treasury. The Medicare trust fund shall be discontinued since it is also bankrupt.
Number four, employees shall immediately be exempt from any future payroll tax deductions for FICA (Social Security) and Medicare. Employers shall likewise be exempted from payments of matching funds. Employees may spend the additional funds in any way they choose except they must contribute at least 50% of the exempted payroll taxes into a retirement account that shall be tax exempt in perpetuity.
We made promises to retirees. We must keep those promises, but it is time to begin to plan for our own retirement, and we must take responsibility for ourselves.
No more government intervention shall be tolerated. The nanny state will destroy all individual initiative unless we start reform now.
Do not be deterred. Have courage. Courage conquers all.
It is a start. Feel free to "third rail me". I can take it.
Okay, It Was An F, Not a B+
Present Occupant gave himself a solid B+ when Oprah asked him another one of those really, really rough and tough questions that gives Occupant pause about the objective fairness of media.
As all of you know, I come at issues from a Constitutional perspective. It is an originalist perspective. The Founders meant very specific things about the lack of power they intended the Federal government to have. Jefferson, Franklin, and even Washington, the father of our country, would say it is time for them to go. We have fallen so far that I wonder sometimes if we can climb back up.
Occupant deserves failure because he lied. He lied about Bill Ayres. He lied about Jeremiah Wright. He lied about Rashid Khalidi. He lies every day, and we all know it, but we don't want to say he is a liar because it's, well, too difficult to say because we don't want to offend anyone. Crap!
They didn't care when they destroyed the career of Robert Bork. They didn't care when another liar tried to destroy the reputation of Clarence Thomas. They didn't care when emails debunked the climate change myth. They didn't care when ACORN offered to 'prostitute' the organization to help a pimp and prostitute. They didn't care when Black Panthers blocked the entrance to a Philadelphia voting booth. They didn't care last night to vote to pass a monster of socialized medicine in the dead of night while America slept although a huge majority of Americans oppose the bill.
I am not under delusion about the nature of the beast in the White House. He is purely a creation of Rahm and Dave from the Windy City. He is nothing but a Chicago thug, and we are going to pay for our lack of effort against moderation in the interest of being collegial. I am sick to death of niceties that destroy fibers of the Republic.
It is time to name names. It is time to stop this nonsense. If we must wait until November of 2010, then so be it, but do not let that opportunity pass.
Support conservatives. Work for them, and then demand they follow up on their promises from the campaign. If you have no conservative candidate, give money to other conservatives like Marco Rubio in Florida, Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania, or Chuck DeVore in California. There are many others. Find them here or here, and help them. Do it now.
We can win, but we must start right now. Tomorrow is too late.
As all of you know, I come at issues from a Constitutional perspective. It is an originalist perspective. The Founders meant very specific things about the lack of power they intended the Federal government to have. Jefferson, Franklin, and even Washington, the father of our country, would say it is time for them to go. We have fallen so far that I wonder sometimes if we can climb back up.
Occupant deserves failure because he lied. He lied about Bill Ayres. He lied about Jeremiah Wright. He lied about Rashid Khalidi. He lies every day, and we all know it, but we don't want to say he is a liar because it's, well, too difficult to say because we don't want to offend anyone. Crap!
They didn't care when they destroyed the career of Robert Bork. They didn't care when another liar tried to destroy the reputation of Clarence Thomas. They didn't care when emails debunked the climate change myth. They didn't care when ACORN offered to 'prostitute' the organization to help a pimp and prostitute. They didn't care when Black Panthers blocked the entrance to a Philadelphia voting booth. They didn't care last night to vote to pass a monster of socialized medicine in the dead of night while America slept although a huge majority of Americans oppose the bill.
I am not under delusion about the nature of the beast in the White House. He is purely a creation of Rahm and Dave from the Windy City. He is nothing but a Chicago thug, and we are going to pay for our lack of effort against moderation in the interest of being collegial. I am sick to death of niceties that destroy fibers of the Republic.
It is time to name names. It is time to stop this nonsense. If we must wait until November of 2010, then so be it, but do not let that opportunity pass.
Support conservatives. Work for them, and then demand they follow up on their promises from the campaign. If you have no conservative candidate, give money to other conservatives like Marco Rubio in Florida, Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania, or Chuck DeVore in California. There are many others. Find them here or here, and help them. Do it now.
We can win, but we must start right now. Tomorrow is too late.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Nelson's A Dufus, But This Is More Important
Ben Nelson sold out. He sold all of us down the river for free (sponsored by MY tax money) Medicaid payments for Nebraska for all time. Harry Reid made the deal so Nebraska no longer has to match Medicaid payments from the state treasury; the Feds will pay 100% of Nebraska's new patients' expenses. It so violates the 14th Amendment's equal protection guarantees that it cannot stand a court challenge. Reid knows this, and so does Nelson, but they both figure they will be historic footnotes before it matters. They are right.
It is time for Conservatives to take over the Republican Party. We have to do it in the 2012 cycle, and we cannot take prisoners. We cannot be deflected by attempts to intimidate us. We cannot give in to the threats that Liberals will quit the Party. We have to take over, and we have to do so without remorse. We have allowed the Liberals to dictate long enough. We have allowed them to control the apparatus for enough time. They have destroyed the brand can restore limited government, lower taxes, and increased levels of Liberty for all Americans.
Notice what I just wrote. Limited government. Lower taxes. Increased Liberty. These are very broad terms, but each has in it the capacity to deliver large numbers of Americans to the voting booths across the land to recapture the legacy of Freedom given to us by the Founders.
Study each. Study the individual meaning to you. Study how to invoke the blessings of each. Study and be willing to speak up and speak out about what each is to you.
In 2012, I will be running for precinct captain in Barren County, Kentucky in Precinct #3. I am announcing now. I hope I have an opponent who wants to have the debate about conservatism versus moderation. May the better person win.
Join me in the battle. We can still win the hearts and minds of our friends, neighbors, and countrymen if we are willing to take strong stands in favor of reduced government at every level.
Americans desire Freedom. Conservative Republicans can deliver. We just have to have courage.
That's all it takes.
It is time for Conservatives to take over the Republican Party. We have to do it in the 2012 cycle, and we cannot take prisoners. We cannot be deflected by attempts to intimidate us. We cannot give in to the threats that Liberals will quit the Party. We have to take over, and we have to do so without remorse. We have allowed the Liberals to dictate long enough. We have allowed them to control the apparatus for enough time. They have destroyed the brand can restore limited government, lower taxes, and increased levels of Liberty for all Americans.
Notice what I just wrote. Limited government. Lower taxes. Increased Liberty. These are very broad terms, but each has in it the capacity to deliver large numbers of Americans to the voting booths across the land to recapture the legacy of Freedom given to us by the Founders.
Study each. Study the individual meaning to you. Study how to invoke the blessings of each. Study and be willing to speak up and speak out about what each is to you.
In 2012, I will be running for precinct captain in Barren County, Kentucky in Precinct #3. I am announcing now. I hope I have an opponent who wants to have the debate about conservatism versus moderation. May the better person win.
Join me in the battle. We can still win the hearts and minds of our friends, neighbors, and countrymen if we are willing to take strong stands in favor of reduced government at every level.
Americans desire Freedom. Conservative Republicans can deliver. We just have to have courage.
That's all it takes.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Simple Lessons
A few years back I had a hive of bees. I loved watching them work while I had morning coffee. It was a nice diversion from the day-to-day drudge, and the benefit of wonderful, sweet, and gooey honey for a hot and buttered biscuit is not to be denied. Alas, a terrible storm came one day and blew away my hive, and I lost my bees. I haven't had the gumption to get another hive, but my brother, sister, and parents all have hives. I guess I inspired them to get them so maybe they will share some honey with me. Inspiration is not to be denied as an important aspect of invention.
This morning, as I drink my coffee, I am looking out my kitchen window and watching squirrels in the yard. They have frolicked all morning, but now one of them has returned to the job of collecting walnuts and hickory nuts from the ground. I am happy to have an abundance of "nut" trees for them. They are taking advantage of the last few mild days to lay in food for the coming bad days of winter.
They work, they save, they prepare.
How different is mankind from the animals of the planet? We have come to a point where we expect someone else to work, save, and prepare for us. We have become too sophisticated to do the drudge work. We refuse to learn the simple lessons of Nature.
There will be a reckoning. Society cannot demand more and more from its producers without wearing them out under the load of excessive taxation and regulation. We owe, but we don't owe it all to the Leviathan government.
Simple lesson: Lay in for your winter days. It will serve you well. Squirrels aren't all that dumb.
This morning, as I drink my coffee, I am looking out my kitchen window and watching squirrels in the yard. They have frolicked all morning, but now one of them has returned to the job of collecting walnuts and hickory nuts from the ground. I am happy to have an abundance of "nut" trees for them. They are taking advantage of the last few mild days to lay in food for the coming bad days of winter.
They work, they save, they prepare.
How different is mankind from the animals of the planet? We have come to a point where we expect someone else to work, save, and prepare for us. We have become too sophisticated to do the drudge work. We refuse to learn the simple lessons of Nature.
There will be a reckoning. Society cannot demand more and more from its producers without wearing them out under the load of excessive taxation and regulation. We owe, but we don't owe it all to the Leviathan government.
Simple lesson: Lay in for your winter days. It will serve you well. Squirrels aren't all that dumb.
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