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Change???

Posted by JayPeriod on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:32:30 AM
During his campaign, Obama promised hope and change.  He's already done what he can to reduce our hope by telling us it may take a while before we can see improvement.  Actually, though, hope is hard to gauge.

So, what about change?  Has he brought us that?  Maybe he has brought some change, though some wonder if it's the right kind of change, but mostly there is no real change.  And that's not a good thing.

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The Bush Legacy

Posted by JayPeriod on Friday, October 03, 2008 2:03:48 PM
For months, we have been worried that Barack Obama is going to bring his brand of socialism to America if elected President.  We have fought to keep the "s" word from our government, feeling that we need to fight hard to defeat this Red threat.  Little did we realize that the real threat would come from the inside.

As President Bush has been fighting for the last six months or so to make sure his legacy is better than it appears to be headed toward, he has now ensured he will go down in history.  For the past two weeks he has been pushing for this large, socialistic, Wall Street bailout.  He has been motivated by his legacy, I suspect, not wanting a horrific economy to be his legacy.  In turn, he will go down as the President responsible for the institution of socialism in America.

This bailout of the rich will not make a difference for the average American.  Those rich CEOs on Wall Street will benefit, as they will not have to suffer their own consequences.  Foreclosures will continue.  Loans will continue to be near impossible for the average person and small business.  The middle class will disappear and most of us will be poor, relying on the graciousness of Big Brother to get us from bread line to bread line.  The disaster they hoped to avoid, will only be avoided by the elite in business and government.

As we go forward from here, we need to ensure history properly records the responsibility for this end to free market.  The same man who told us that we would cease to be a country if we didn't accept amnisty for illegals, has now sold us a bill of goods that lead us to the very menace Reagan protected us from.  Long live the legacy of Bush.

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The Forgotten Group

Posted by JayPeriod on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 9:26:38 AM
Ever since the failure of the bailout of the rich yesterday, both sides are pointing fingers at the other for not getting enough of their members "on board."  The Left is blaming the Right for failing to get their members in line and the Right is blaming the Left for not even getting all their members in line.  In all this, one group has been left out of the process, and they are the most important.

Voters.  The People.

Across America, anywhere from 70 to 80% of people are against this plan.  They made their voices known, shutting down the switchboard and email servers at the Capitol.  They don't want it, but does it really matter?

All we keep hearing about is looking for solutions that will get more Representatives to vote for this bailout.  Republicans are asked what they can do to get a few more members to get on board.  Democrats are figuring they can get a few more of theirs on board to override any no votes from Republicans.  There is no discussion on what can be done to convince the American people to approve.

This is what is wrong with our system and country at this point in time.  Government has ceased to be by, for and of the people.  It is now by, for and of the politicians, special interest groups and the elite.  This is not what our Founding Fathers envisioned, but what they fought against.  Surely if they were here, tea would be on its way to a harbor somewhere.

As they regroup in Washington, it is time for us here in America to regroup.  We need to let them know that we are in charge and they work for us.  We need to let them know that they are not better than us, thinking they know better than we do.  They need to know they will not get away with stealing from us.  They must be held accountable.

Keep up the pressure!

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I Just Can't Listen To Him Anymore!

Posted by JayPeriod on Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:29:40 PM
I work in a location that has news going on a regular basis.  It is Fox News, at least, so I don't have to listen to the likes of CNN, MSNBC or the networks, fawn over Obama, but when he speaks, even Fox broadcasts it.  The more he speaks, the more I really dislike him and his agenda.

First of all, he speaks with such an arrogance.  As he begins to lay out his agenda and ideas, his voices screams that he knows better than everyone in America.  I really believe he thinks this way, too.  He knows more than us on health care, the military, international affairs, etc.  He goes on and on and on with his babble and even when he's wrong, as with the surge, he thinks he's better than us.  I just really can't listen to him anymore!

Second, the way he treats our allies makes me wonder who's interest he has at heart.  He speaks with such hatred and angst with regard to Iraqi President al-Maliki, but feels that what is best for our country is to sit down over a cup of tea with Ahmadinejad, Hamas and Hezbollah.  If I were al-Maliki, if Obama became President, I wouldn't give the man the time of day.  Does Obama realize that Iraq is now an ally?

Third, he is just so out of touch with reality and capitalism, that I just want to bash my head against the wall when he speaks.  Bigger government and more taxes.  I think he really thinks those things made America what it is today.  He wants more government involvement in our lives from education to health care.  Of course, to pay for that government intrusion, he'll need to tax all the evil people with money, but actually only those rich people who have worked for their money, not like the Democrat rich who got it the "old fashioned way" by inheriting it.  I just can't listen to him anymore!

Finally, his history is so far from reality, I can't believe him in anything.  He keeps talking about our military being stretched so thin and our deficits being so large.  He believes President Bush has decimated our military and spent like a drunken sailor.  I think he forgets that it was a Republican controlled Congress, before they went wild, that kept Clinton's spending under control and forced him to cut the size of government.  It was also Clinton who cut the military so drastically that Russia now feels confident that they can push us around.  Reagan would have never let them get away with it, and they wouldn't have tried.  Clinton cut the military so much that we can barely fight in two small republics in the Middle East.  If the Democrat controlled Congress would cut earmarks and worthless programs, as well as stop the flow of money south of the border from illegals, we'd have plenty of money.

Eight weeks.  That's how much longer we have to listen to him.  Surely, in that amount of time, the American people will come to their sense and tell him soundily, "We just can't listen to you anymore!"

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Stealing Obama's Thunder

Posted by JayPeriod on Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:16:17 AM
Since the beginning of his campaign, Sen. Obama (D-Soros) has stressed two things to the leftist base that he will change and make better; removing our troops from Iraq and helping the economy improve.  He has staked his entire claim to the White House on his ability to do what the American (read: far left) want.  As long as the economy remains sluggish and troops are in Iraq without a time table for withdrawl, he feels he can make promises on those two items and win the election.

That's where the bad news begins.  With negotiations underway between the U.S. government and the Iraqi government, it appears that a time table and withdrawl date may be set within the next few weeks.  We are making promises to the Iraqi government to pull troops out of major cities by next June, with our troops remaining out of sight for a year or so to provide back-up when, or if, needed.  It seems the sticking point is now the exact time our troops will leave the country, whether it's 2011 or 2010.  That's not surprising or a real issue, considering we are still in Germany, 64 years after the end of the war.

Now, in the last few days, there have been a few indicators that the economy may be on an upswing, however fragile it may be.  July home sales rose for the first time in a while.  Also, it seems the GDP is on the rise.  Both of these, coupled with lower gas prices over the last few weeks, could signal an end to the uneasy (read: not in recession) economy.  Some may counter with the idea that those homes sold because of lower prices, but that's what drives a supply/demand economy.  It's called a correction.

So, with both of these issues likely to be resolved long before the election, what will Obama have to run on?  What will he tell us he is going to do better than anyone else can do?  If the economy is on an upswing, jobs will be created and incomes will rise.  Homes will sell and foreclosures will decrease.  Our troops will be on their way to being out of harms way, only remaining to provide support until the Iraqis feel confident they can handle any further outbreaks of violence.  What will Obama, in his vast experience, promise to do?

Surely, the only issues he will still have to play on will be health care, trying to destroy the best system in the world, and the deficit, which he can only promise to tax the rich, that never works, to do that.  His only issues, then, will not be issues on which he has any answers.  So, look for them to scramble for damage control as his numbers drop like rocks.

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Bush On Oil Prices

Posted by JayPeriod on Friday, May 02, 2008 2:16:24 PM
I have been so glad this week to hear the President come out so strongly criticizing the Democratic leadership for their policies on energy.  He has twice reminded Americans that were it not for the likes of Pelosi and Reid, and their love affair with eco-terrorist groups like Sierra Club and PETA, we could be drilling on American soil and building more refineries.  He is just now placing the blame squarely where it belongs and reminding Americans just who is to blame.

Despite promises during the 2006 election that the Left had the answers for high oil prices, prices have continued to rise.  Maybe that was their answer; higher prices!  They continue to show that they have no idea how to lead this country and how to get lower prices at the pump.

Of course, we have Hillary and Obama out there telling us the answer is to tax the profits of the big oil companies.  In this they show their stupidity and lack of knowledge of how a market economy works.  Sure, they can tax the oil companies $10-15 Billion.  Sure, the companies will send it to the government.  Who do you think will pay it, though?  We will.  The Left has never figured out that every tax they put on business gets shuffled down to us, the consumer.  Stupid.

I hope the President continues to apply pressure on Congress, reminding the people of ANWR and the old refineries.  If he can keep that out there, reminding the Democratic leadership that their inaction in proof that they don't care, maybe we can derail the Left once and for all and rid our country of these socialists.  Let's send them to Cuba where they long to be.

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Bad Economic News For Democrats

Posted by JayPeriod on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:45:31 PM
The worst fears of the Democratic Party were realized today; the country is NOT in a recession.  According to figures, the economy grew by .6% in the first quarter of 2008.  That coupled with the fact that the last quarter of 2007 was also a small growth, about the same, and the quarter before that was an even larger growth, any talk of recession is simply wishful thinking by the Left.

Even though a recession is defined as two successive quarter of decline, the Left had truly hoped for at least one quarter so they could continue to use the R-word.  That would have surely led to them pulling out the D-word shortly.  Now they will have to try to find other words to tell us just how bad off we are doing.

Isn't it amazing that a party in this country can continue to consider itself a representative of the people, all the while hoping and banking on the destruction and downfall of that country.  The Left have so much invested in the failure of the US, yet people still vote for them, believing they are the salvation of our nation.

Sorry, Barack and Hillary, you'll have to hope for some other kind of destruction of America.

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Dems Addicted To Your Money

Posted by JayPeriod on Friday, March 14, 2008 9:08:18 AM
Yesterday, the Democrats in Congress had an opportunity to show us how committed they are to helping the economy and putting money back in our pockets.  Instead, all they managed to show was just how money hungry and insensitive they are.  Three specific items caught my attention.

First, the Senate had a chance to make the Bush tax cuts permanent.  These included the Inheritance Tax, also known as the Death Tax.  This tax punishes your heirs after you are dead for your hard work and thrift.  There were other tax cuts that were not renewed as well.

The Democrats claimed that they wanted these cuts to expire and be gone because they are for the wealthy.  They prefer cutting taxes on the poor.  While I agree that we should not tax the poor, we shouldn't tax anyone for that matter, raising taxes on the wealthy doesn't make much sense either.  How many jobs can a poor factory worker produce?  How many jobs can a poor salesman produce?  In fact, it is the wealthy business owner who creates jobs.  He can only do this, though, if he has the money and incentive.  Only a socialist mindset sees redistribution of wealth as the right answer.  And, for the record, redistribution of wealth does not mean more rich or middle class people, it means everyone is poor.

Second, was a measure put up by Sen. McCain.  It would have put a temporary stop to all earmarks.  Earmarks are special projects that Congressmen add to spending bills that generally benefit only their constituents.  Frankly, they have no place in a federal budget.  They cost taxpayers billions every year and range from Woodstock Museums to bridges to nowhere to parks to special research.  If these projects had any merit for public funding, it should come from the communities that they benefit.

Despite the screams of recession from the left and cries about the deficit, the Democrats in Washington were unwilling to cut these pet projects from federal budgets this year.  This proves only that the Left has no desire to cut spending, bring the deficit under control or make wise decisions regarding our money.  They are addicted to our money and the power it allows them to wield.

Finally, Republican Senator Wayne Allard of Colorado had an interesting amendment to add to a bill yesterday.  The amendment would completely fund every campaign promise that Sen. Obama has put forward in the current Presidential race.  It would fund his universal health care, his increases in military spending and his tax cuts on seniors among other things.  The cost?  Try $1.4 trillion dollars!  Now, where do you think Sen. Obama plans to get the money to cover this increase in federal spending?

While this amendment is sure to fail, a couple of things will be interesting.  First, will it garner much national attention to the flippant promises of the Senator from Illinois?  Second, will Sen. Obama vote for it himself?  I suspect the MSM will cover it over so we never hear about it and I imagine the Senator will treat this like other important pieces of legislation and not be present to vote.

These three items bring a very important point to light.  Democrats do not understand that the tax money is our money.  Their attitude is that it's their money to spend as they please.  When we lose sight of whose money it is, we lose control.  It's time we take back control of our money.

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