Okay it's been a long fight. Obama and the Democrats have been utterly irresponsible, and obstinate about spending cuts, and insist that raising taxes (revenue) is the answer to our fiscal woes.
The Democrats and the special interest lobbies, like unions, and government workers will fight austerity every step of the way, it is not in their own self interest. That doesn't mean we should give up.
Mitch McConnell wants to make it even easier by allowing Congress to go through a dog and pony show of feigned cuts that never get cut while allowing escalation of our national debt, McConnell was careful to describe his plan as a "last-choice option" but several conservative groups took aim at the minority leader for effectively destroying, in their view, any leverage Republicans had to negotiate with the president.
This McConnell dog and pony show is more liberal trickery that proposes feigned cuts that never get cut while allowing escalation of our national debt to go on unfettered.
It's a cop out, and a weasel move. This is NOT what the elections in 2010 were all about. And now the fear that Republicans would "cave" and going back to being inside the beltway politicians is coming true.
Now is the time to act, contact your representatives and let them know you do not support his weasel tactics of giving in.
Republicans need to demand concessions from the tax and spend Democrats before raising the Debt Limit Ceiling. Those concessions need to include accross the board spending cuts, not just defense spending and iron clad balanced budget amendment, so we don't have to go through this again. We can do away with the Dept of Education, The Dept of Energy. That would be a good start before tackling Social Security, and Medicare.
Here is where you can find your representative's contact info
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
GE's Immelt lectures business on hiring, after shipping 25,000 jobs overseas
After Shipping 25,000 Jobs Overseas, GE Chairman Tells Business Owners To Stop Blaming Obama And Hire More Workers…
Imelts firm stands as model for the Obama administration's vison of the American recovery. Jeffery Immelt cannot understand why more companies aren't hoarding money, evading taxes, and shipping jobs overseas.
It's bad enough we have to keep listening to all the noise coming out of the White House, about how "we" can do better and Obama believes in "us", and even though "he" has taken some lumps for "us", he's not giving up on "us", but now we have Jeffery Immelt, who is working as an an Obama lackey preaching to business on how to be profitable. With all the high minded lectures and finger pointing going on you could almost forget the fact that the only thing headed into the toilet faster than Obama's approval rating is GE's stock.
While GE enjoys most favored business status from the Obama regime, and huge tax breaks, government contracts, and probably a even a few holes of golf with "The Man" himself, the head of General Electric told a jobs summit at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Monday that businesses needed to take the lead on job creation.
Immelt also happens to be the chair of President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
Imelt goes on to say "We all need to be part of the solution.” This from a guy who’s in bed every day with part of the problem.
Sorry but my hypocrisy meter went off the charts on that one , Lack of leadership ?
Ah, yea, right.
Imelts firm stands as model for the Obama administration's vison of the American recovery. Jeffery Immelt cannot understand why more companies aren't hoarding money, evading taxes, and shipping jobs overseas.
It's bad enough we have to keep listening to all the noise coming out of the White House, about how "we" can do better and Obama believes in "us", and even though "he" has taken some lumps for "us", he's not giving up on "us", but now we have Jeffery Immelt, who is working as an an Obama lackey preaching to business on how to be profitable. With all the high minded lectures and finger pointing going on you could almost forget the fact that the only thing headed into the toilet faster than Obama's approval rating is GE's stock.
While GE enjoys most favored business status from the Obama regime, and huge tax breaks, government contracts, and probably a even a few holes of golf with "The Man" himself, the head of General Electric told a jobs summit at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Monday that businesses needed to take the lead on job creation.
"The people who are part of the business sector, the people in this room, have got to stop complaining about government and get some action underway," he told the group. "There's no excuse today for lack of leadership. The truth is we all need to be part of the solution."
Immelt also happens to be the chair of President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
Imelt goes on to say "We all need to be part of the solution.” This from a guy who’s in bed every day with part of the problem.
Sorry but my hypocrisy meter went off the charts on that one , Lack of leadership ?
Ah, yea, right.
Madness Abounds’ as Fake Candidates Confuse Wisconsin Recalls
‘Madness Abounds’ as Fake Candidates Confuse Wisconsin Recalls - Bloomberg
Wisconsin Democrats, upset by fiscal sanity and common sense legislation that will benefit all Wisconsin have launched a recall campaign against six Republican legislators who sided with Governor Scott Walker on much needed collective bargaining legislation.
Wisconsin voters will choose among real and fake Democrats this week to challenge six Republican senators in recall elections that may derail the agenda of Governor Scott Walker.
State election law allows open primaries, which means that voters can participate regardless of partisan affiliation. It also allows members of one party to enter another’s primary with “fake candidacies.”
“There’s nothing illegal about it,”
If any recalls succeed, that will encourage more, said, Mike McCabe, executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a nonprofit that advocates openness in government,including one that has been started against Walker, who cannot be ousted until he has been in office a year.
Wisconsin could more or less have a permanent election season continuing through 2012, It almost becomes a foregone conclusion about recalling the governor.
I commend Governor Walker for his common-sense proposal. The results are in, the elimination of Collective Bargaining is the best thing we can do for school kids.
* Taxpayers are better off.
* School kids are better off
* Class sizes are down
* Struggling school districts now have a budget surplus
Teachers' unions did not want this of course. Why? Because they are bold faced liars that's why. There is not a damn thing unions do for kids. Every action by public unions is for public unions and no one else.
Wisconsin Democrats, upset by fiscal sanity and common sense legislation that will benefit all Wisconsin have launched a recall campaign against six Republican legislators who sided with Governor Scott Walker on much needed collective bargaining legislation.
Wisconsin voters will choose among real and fake Democrats this week to challenge six Republican senators in recall elections that may derail the agenda of Governor Scott Walker.
State election law allows open primaries, which means that voters can participate regardless of partisan affiliation. It also allows members of one party to enter another’s primary with “fake candidacies.”
“There’s nothing illegal about it,”
If any recalls succeed, that will encourage more, said, Mike McCabe, executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a nonprofit that advocates openness in government,including one that has been started against Walker, who cannot be ousted until he has been in office a year.
Wisconsin could more or less have a permanent election season continuing through 2012, It almost becomes a foregone conclusion about recalling the governor.
I commend Governor Walker for his common-sense proposal. The results are in, the elimination of Collective Bargaining is the best thing we can do for school kids.
* Taxpayers are better off.
* School kids are better off
* Class sizes are down
* Struggling school districts now have a budget surplus
Teachers' unions did not want this of course. Why? Because they are bold faced liars that's why. There is not a damn thing unions do for kids. Every action by public unions is for public unions and no one else.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Omaha Public School District buys 8,000 diversity manuals with stimulus money.
Omaha Public School District buys 8,000 diversity manuals with stimulus money.
Your stimulus money at work. The Omaha Public Schools have spent $130,000 in federal stimulus money to buy 8,000 copies of the book, one for every OPS employee, from principals to teachers to custodial staff.
The book is sort of a combination of Freud meets Marx, and does more to stifle conversation and open-mindedness than it does to inspire it. In fact it is an unabashed attempt to force a the PC mindset of the Federal Govt down our throats.
One paragraph will point out the absurdity of this clunker;
The authors assert that American government and institutions create advantages that “channel wealth and power to white people,” that color-blindness will not end racism and that educators should “take action for social justice.”
The Omaha school board approved buying 8,000 copies of the book — one for every employee, including members of the custodial staff — in April. The decision to buy the book was made 11-0, with board member Mary Ellen Drickey passing on the vote.
Your stimulus money at work. The Omaha Public Schools have spent $130,000 in federal stimulus money to buy 8,000 copies of the book, one for every OPS employee, from principals to teachers to custodial staff.
The book is sort of a combination of Freud meets Marx, and does more to stifle conversation and open-mindedness than it does to inspire it. In fact it is an unabashed attempt to force a the PC mindset of the Federal Govt down our throats.
One paragraph will point out the absurdity of this clunker;
Table 2.4 on page 25 highlights the unhealthy and healthy perspectives associated with the left and the right of the cultural proficiency continuum. Displayed is the fundamental shift in perspective, between the left and right sides of the continuum that comes about when adopting the principles of cultural proficiency as core beliefs and the use of essential elements as standards of action. In addition, disequilibrium arises due to the struggle to disengage with past actions associated with unhealthy perspectives tied to the barriers and a subsequent move toward a healthy perspective connected to the Guiding Principles.
The authors assert that American government and institutions create advantages that “channel wealth and power to white people,” that color-blindness will not end racism and that educators should “take action for social justice.”
The Omaha school board approved buying 8,000 copies of the book — one for every employee, including members of the custodial staff — in April. The decision to buy the book was made 11-0, with board member Mary Ellen Drickey passing on the vote.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
The Dept of Selective Justice Launches Witch Hunt Against Alleged Racist Banks
Investers Business Daily
The gangster government is forever finding new ways to subvert the system for their own greedy needs. While we are still reeling from a housing crash, record foreclosures, and millions of people who are under water on the purchase of their homes, ponder an uncertain future. You may have thought the people that helped cause the first crash would at least have the decency to steal away under the darkness of the media blackout about the real causes of the crash and keep their mouths shut, nope they are lining up for more.
Under a broad definition of racism the Dept of Selective Justice is going after (smaller) banks and threatening charges of racism, because they are not lending to minorities. Of course the banks whose balance sheets are still holding terrible losses aren't lending to Whites, Hispanics, or any one else for that matter. But the Justice Department has come up with theory — “disparate impact” — that holds that merely a difference in loan application outcomes is enough to prove racial discrimination.
Prosecutions have already generated more than $20 million in loan set-asides and other subsidies from banks that have settled out of court rather than battle the federal government and risk being branded racist. An additional 60 banks are under investigation, a DOJ spokeswoman says.
As part of settlement deals, prosecutors have required banks to sign “nondisclosure agreements” barring them from talking about the methods used to allege discrimination. Bank lawyers contend the prosecutors are trying to hide the shaky legal grounds on which the cases are built. Under this broad theory, banks have been accused of racism simply for failing to open branches or aggressively market mortgages in black neighborhoods — regardless of the demand for, or viability
Welcome to shakedown Chicago style from the gangster government.
The gangster government is forever finding new ways to subvert the system for their own greedy needs. While we are still reeling from a housing crash, record foreclosures, and millions of people who are under water on the purchase of their homes, ponder an uncertain future. You may have thought the people that helped cause the first crash would at least have the decency to steal away under the darkness of the media blackout about the real causes of the crash and keep their mouths shut, nope they are lining up for more.
Under a broad definition of racism the Dept of Selective Justice is going after (smaller) banks and threatening charges of racism, because they are not lending to minorities. Of course the banks whose balance sheets are still holding terrible losses aren't lending to Whites, Hispanics, or any one else for that matter. But the Justice Department has come up with theory — “disparate impact” — that holds that merely a difference in loan application outcomes is enough to prove racial discrimination.
Prosecutions have already generated more than $20 million in loan set-asides and other subsidies from banks that have settled out of court rather than battle the federal government and risk being branded racist. An additional 60 banks are under investigation, a DOJ spokeswoman says.
As part of settlement deals, prosecutors have required banks to sign “nondisclosure agreements” barring them from talking about the methods used to allege discrimination. Bank lawyers contend the prosecutors are trying to hide the shaky legal grounds on which the cases are built. Under this broad theory, banks have been accused of racism simply for failing to open branches or aggressively market mortgages in black neighborhoods — regardless of the demand for, or viability
Welcome to shakedown Chicago style from the gangster government.
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