It Would Be Funny if it Wasn't So Insulting

My favorite far left whipping boy, Obama’sWeb Home Page (also known as CNN) ran the following as its top story today about the current yearly budget deficit:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/28/2009.deficit/index.html

Before continuing, I hope EVERYONE understands the difference between the budget deficit and the national debt. The way the media likes to portray everything is as if we were never in debt before 2001. The fact is, America has been in debt since 1837. The budget deficit is the yearly ‘cost of doing business’ for the government. It’s in the negative over the past 7 years for two reasons….one is Bill Clinton NOT putting that money into intelligence and military in the 90’s which led to attacks against the US such as the ’93 WTC, the ’98 Embassy Bombings and the 2000 Cole (and eventually led to 9/11.) Give the families of all those victims a call and see if they are turned on by the ‘$128 Billion Surplus’ Clinton allegedly had. That money should have been spent to ensure civilians and soldiers didn’t DIE at home and abroad. The other reason for this is, as stated by the White House, PEOPLE BEING STUPID. Maybe not in so many words, but if individuals would learn to spend within themselves, we would not have this issue.

Now, in terms of this article, let’s quickly go over exactly how we got here, and just how ‘BLAMELESS’ the Dems think they are.

If you all remember, about two years ago when the mortgage world was adjusting itself because of the artificial growth, people started simply walking away from homes. And make no mistake, ARTIFICIAL growth is what it was….it was NOT normal organic growth of 3-6% a year which is what you are supposed to get from a home….it was people artificially blowing up demand which in turn blew up supply, with no real assets behind the borrowing (OR lending it turned out.) Foundations built on vapor never stand up.

So in 2006, CNN in their predictable Act 1, Scene 1, brings us their best Meryl Streep/Susan Sarandon drama….‘oh, so many people took out mortgages they couldn’t afford and need a bail out….help us HELP US! We’re too dense to know how to budget our monies and prepare for the worst-case scenario….now I need someone to bail us out. WON’T ANYONE THINK OF THE CITIZENS?’ The name of this movie, obviously directed by Oliver Stone and financed by Michael Moore, was ‘It’s NEVER the People’s Fault.’ When this eventually reached the small screen, it came through in our homes as ‘GW Bush has messed up the mortgage and housing market.”

Excuse me? Let’s all make sure we understand that the Fed is a conglomeration of PRIVATE banks, not a national bureau. Bush had NOTHING to do with appointing Greenspan OR Bernanke. Now I will mention Greenspan, just after he hit ‘EJECT” when he saw what was going to happen, admitted people bit off more than they could chew and he would have spearheaded restriction on loans – the same kind of restrictions that are currently being passed – to make sure it didn’t happen again. I will also say Greenspan said this IMMEDIATELY before also throwing Bush and the White House under the bus. Nice way to finger-point. Seventy-seven years old and not man-enough to make a mistake. VERY impressive, Alan. Unfortunately, Bernanke isn’t as bright as Greenspan (as evidenced by his penchant for speaking at the wrong time and saying the wrong things.) Ben, here’s a hint….don’t even MENTION anything off-hand….markets rise and fall 200 points on what spews out of your mouth.

Anyway, back to the action. So what does our government do? The 2006 Dem Congress starts looking for ways to hand money out to people too dense to manage themselves, and for some reason Bush signs it….more than once. Why is it turning into ‘how many stimulus packages can I sign before I leave office, George?’ Keep in mind a fundamental base of Republicans and Libertarians is ‘work for what you get, take care of your own, minimal government interference and programs.’ Someone’s been dropping Dem vitamins in GW’s coffee in the morning, and even I am starting to get excited for CHANGE (but not THAT sort of CHANGE.) :-)

Anyway, we come to the point of this…..the SAME people that drone on and on and on about the economy and the fact it needs help are NOT celebrating the monumental mortgage package signed last weekend, but are now throwing Bush under an even BIGGER bus regarding the budget deficit. Excuse me??? The whole Republican Party doesn’t want to give out handouts. The Dem Congress does. I understand it was signed by Bush because there was a good chance 2/3 of Congress would have overturned his veto and also the fact it aided lenders and laid out new rules. But throwing him under the bus because you lobbied for and GOT exactly what the entire left-leaning populace of America WANTED???

And let’s talk about the pot and the kettle. Our government has been AHEAD of the national ‘craze’ in borrowing….it’s been borrowing against itself since 1837, LONG before people were mortgaging money they didn’t have. I don’t like the fact Bush is bending toward Congress in his last months. If it was 2007, I would honestly fear a tax increase at this point, but such a radical policy change will not happen.

So in the end I simply call out CNN….pick a side. You are throwing Bush under the bus for the housing/mortgage crisis (which he had nothing to do with) and throwing him under a bigger bus for signing stimulus packages to help end it (hence increasing the red on the ledger.) You can’t have both, and if the left’s solution involves the words TAX INCREASE then I know you also can’t be realistic. So I bring you the following:

THE MORE YOU KNOW>>>>

I’ll close with something I’ll start to do more regularly….‘The More You Know’ Saturday morning cartoon link. Do you KNOW this history of taxation in our country? Do you know enough to understand how increasing both individual and corporate taxes takes money out of your pocket from your paycheck AND makes your cost of living higher? The way people are dry-humping Obama you would think at least half the country didn’t understand this. Here’s a history on American taxation….

http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/taxes/ustax.shtml

Stay informed and do your research!! Go McCain in’08. No tax hikes, no more entitlements for those too uneducated to manage their own money.

What are we deteriorating to??

CNN can be a horrid, left wing site. Lately it has been Barry Obama's home page. OCCASIONALLY they get an article correct. I'm not sure if the leftist gatekeeper takes a lunch break or a day off to sharpen its claws and fly its Soviet hammer and sickle, but occasionally they post an article that shows just how much some of the population is de-evolving.

Tonight is one of those nights.

Due to my respect for copyright and fair use, I link you to the following:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/18/facebook.evidence.ap/index.html

This is an article called 'Unrepentent on Facebook? Expect Jail Time.' It shows the judgment of various early 20's individuals that saw fit to get in horrible drunk driving wrecks (all causing serious injury), and in the time just before their sentencing in criminal court, they had gone out and partied and flaunted their 'achievement' in injuring another human being and posting said celebration on Facebook or MySpace.' Mom and Dad must be very proud.

Do these people have parents? Do they have ANY sort of remorse or conscience? If I run into a rabbit or squirrel on the road while driving I feel bad. These people got blitzed and injured PEOPLE. Some within an inch of their lives. And apparent in the spirit of 'gotta get back on that horse if you fall off,' went partying yet again while their victims were most likely in a hospital bed. Yee-hah?

I guess my question is, what went wrong? Near as I can tell these are the spawn of the Boomer/ME generation far lefty hippies that never instilled any discipline in their kids because their parents were hard-asses and didn't spare the rod. Actions speak louder than words, and their actions appear to dictate:

non-remorse,
no fault of my own,
everything is just cool man,
it's all about me.

Am I bashing hippies as the spawn of this? You betcha. Here's a major newsflash:

'THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT WAS A COMPLETE LIE.'

It wasn't about being a hippie, it was about being a BUM. I know this sounds like a 60 year old, but I point out what these hippies were actually doing: dropping out of productive society. 'Counterculturists' will come back and say 'oh yeah, but they were living on communes and living off the land.' OH REALLY? I will refer to the words of a hippie in my defense....the actor Peter Coyote. Check out the 'Hippy' documentary on the history channel, and you will find how those that 'dropped out' to hit the commune would 'pool their welfare checks together.' What was that? WELFARE CHECKS? That's living off the land??? That's called being a burden on society. Also, when their benefits ran out and marijuana gave way to LSD, Ludes and Heroine and the Haight-Ashbury degraded into a row of dope dwellings, AGAIN, we hear 'not our fault...it was the heavy drugs that really put everything in a bad place.' Watch the documentary if you get the chance....and DON'T watch it from the 'oh, cool music and pretty colors' standpoint....watch it from productive American citizen standpoint....it will make you sick.

Take all of the aforementioned paragraph into consideration, then add that these people had kids, and some have GRANDKIDS. Each generation builds on the shoulders of the last....now just THINK of who you are out there with on the highways. Now, are you thinking about the safety features on your car and how high your insurance coverage is? Good!

Protect yourself....as evidenced by the latest polls at least 48% of the country is populated by uneducated, immature sheep that lack conscience and have "NEVER done anything wrong" that are following a snake-oil salesman with a smooth-operating delivery. Anyone remember what this country was founded on? YOU take responsibility for your actions. YOU don't start pointing figures when things go bad (or try to add your name to something if things go well.) YOU manage your own money and NOT look for government handouts. This country was founded on the rights of the individual to go as far as their drive and talents would take them, and lacking morals, values, ethics and above all A CONSCIENCE was NOT part of the deal.

Bonus Blog!! Or Shall I call it a ‘Blonus?’

Interesting article in this week’s Aviation Week (AW) about the effect of John McCain or Barack Obama on the Aerospace and Defense Industries. I don’t really have to summarize much as you probably already know the AW verdict:

Barry Obama – Don’t Know Enough About Him.

John McCain – We May Know Him Too Well.

AW could have simply summed it up in the aforementioned two bullet points because that is the general idea. A few interesting specifics though:

1 – The article cited Obama’s brief mentions of the Orion CEV, Delta and Atlas programs. He originally stated he wanted to cut funding to throw that money at the bloated education system that doesn’t work (all the while throwing hard-working, educated engineers out on the street.) But wait WAIT!!! He later hedged and said he supports the return to the moon. IS ALL THIS SOUNDING FAMILIAR? McCain has changed stances in a career that spans decades (and let’s face it…I feel different about some things that I believe 20 years ago as well.) Obama CANNOT SEEM TO GET THROUGH A MONTH without going back and hedging on his statements. I know the far lefties hate it when they hear ‘Obama changes his web page every 2-3 weeks.’ The fact is he DOES and you can literally find transcripts of his speeches for the last 7 months where key points are directly contradicted. Is the ‘CHANGE’ he is talking about refer to daily changes of stance? When I see his tax stance and voting history you can be sure of this…HE WANTS YOUR CHANGE. Any loose change you have laying around….he and Nancy Pelosi will be bathing in it if you vote his way.

2 - McCain is highly critical of spending on many programs, including the F-22, F-35 and a few other programs near and dear to my heart. AW specifically pointed out McCain would trim defense budgets, however my impression is he wants to get rid of wasteful spending so that more defense programs can be enacted. The AW article also critized the fact that McCain does tend to ‘bite’ people verbally and step on toes. This can be good or bad depending on your point of view. Politically this is poor as you may need to come back to certain people for money someday. This is definitely a ‘skill’ that favors Obama (and in the past favored B. Clinton)….they know how to speak without saying anything and promising MUCH and delivering little. McCain is a little closer to my sideline since I can be a bit too blunt and honest….just ask my In-laws. Make no mistake, I DO NOT trust everything McCain says…I feel this way about EVERY politician. However, the politician ‘SPEECH METER’ does not read ‘lie’ on one end and ‘truth’ on the other….it’s usually some degree of ‘Mostly BS’ to ‘Mostly Realistic and Consumable’. McCain registers MUCH farther the ‘mostly realistic’ side than Obama. The problem is too many people are too dense to actually research Obama’s record or they just plain hate GW Bush.

3 – One major point that the article had: Obama DOES want to cut funding to put it in education, but he somehow believes he can entice top performing math and science students in college to go directly to public school teaching. This is interesting because he appears to want to remove high paying engineering and scientific jobs to make brilliant people low paying school-teachers. What??? First off, top performers want to get PAID. If you remove the ‘carrot’ of a high payday, where is the enticement to excel in the first place? Also, if Obama is so brilliant and yet so noble, why isn’t he teaching basic law at University of Hawaii? Oh yeah, he went for the high paying, relevant job. McCain’s idea is to try to move retiring boomers and retiring military personnel towards the classroom with inter-military programs. This idea is MUCH more realistic (and in fact is what I want to do in about 20 years….go back and teach college history.) MANY people WANT to teach…the problem is there is no money in it, 80% of the kids could care less and only 58% of the money taxed for public schools actually makes it to the classroom (at least that’s the stat for AZ…one of the worst states for public education)….teachers and parents are asked to foot more of the bill out of pocket. Now my belief is more Libertarian in the first place…education needs to be OUT of the government (along with Social Security, medical, etc.) Is this so radical? Tell me this….what was the last program that moved under the government umbrella that you said ‘MAN!!! The COST got LOWER and the QUALITY got BETTER!’ Anyone? EVERYTHING that falls under a government umbrella declines in quality and only becomes a future tax increase. Always has, always will. And no matter HOW Obama wants to sell it, the ONLY WAY TO GET TOP PERFORMERS OUT OF COLLEGE TO TAKE TEACHING JOBS IS TO REMOVE THE HIGH PAYING JOBS AVAILABLE IN THE FIRST PLACE. Sounds like socialism, doesn’t it? I firmly believe top performers should be rewarded with higher pay…..a ‘flat class’ society is an unproductive, uncompetitive society.

So finally, what have I learned from this and you can take away? It’s actually right down party lines….Obama wants to tax and spend and cut defense funding. At least ALLEGEDLY…it depends on what he says tomorrow. There are 4 months to election….that means at least 5 more changes to Obama’s ‘Moving Target’ web site.

And remember this one fundamental statement that was given to me by a coworker:

Republicans = We’re all the same at the STARTING line.
Democrats = We’re all the same at the FINISH line.

McCain in ’08!!