Tuesday, December 22, 2009

OO-RAH

I usually don't digest much news during the month of December but this video was e-mailed to me and it is a must see. I don't know much about this guy but he sounds great. Watch it.
Thanks Steve for the info.

Allen West Video




Monday, November 23, 2009

Priceless

Looking through some old Ronald Reagan clips on Youtube and found this one. Its great.

Another High

Gold Jumps to Record as Slumping Dollar Spurs Investment Demand
By Nicholas Larkin and Pham-Duy Nguyen

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Gold jumped to a record price as the slumping dollar boosted bullion’s appeal as an alternative asset. Silver also gained.

Gold futures touched an all-time high of $1,174 an ounce in New York, after the dollar fell as much as 0.9 percent against the euro. Gold has posted records during nine sessions this month, and is up 32 percent this year as investors and central banks increased their holdings of the metal to preserve wealth. Russia’s central bank said it bought more bullion last month.

“All this buying shows no confidence in the dollar,” said Bernard Sin, the head of currency and metals trading at bullion refiner MKS Finance SA in Geneva.

Gold futures for December delivery rose $17.90, or 1.6 percent, to $1,164.70 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange’s Comex division, the biggest gain in a week.

In London, bullion for immediate delivery climbed $13.73, or 1.2 percent, to $1,164.33 an ounce at 7:43 p.m. local time after earlier touching a record price of $1,174.

Gold may surge to $1,500 an ounce over the next 18 months, Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts said today in a report.

The U.S. Dollar Index, a six-currency gauge of the greenback’s value, slid on speculation that the Federal Reserve will hold U.S. interest rates at historic lows indefinitely. The Fed cut the target range for its benchmark lending rate to zero percent to 0.25 percent in December. The dollar index is down 7.6 percent this year.

Russia’s central bank increased its gold holding to 19.5 million ounces last month from 19 million ounces in September, Bank Rossii said on its Web site.

Government Buying

Governments, the biggest holders of gold, have been expanding their bullion reserves, helping to spur an 8.3 percent rally in the metal’s price from Oct. 20 to Nov. 20. India’s central bank bought 200 metric tons from the International Monetary Fund in October. Mauritius and Sri Lanka also have been buying gold. The IMF still has about 200 tons left to sell.

“Any given emerging-market central bank cannot hedge against further U.S. dollar weakness by buying euros or sterling,” Bank of America Merrill Lynch said, citing the likelihood of rate moves by the European Central Bank and the Bank of England. “This is because there is a significant probability that the ECB and the BOE will have to follow any monetary policy moves by the Fed.”
The ECB’s benchmark lending rate is at 1 percent and the Bank of England’s main rate is at 0.5 percent.

Gold is in the second stage of a rally to $1,500 that began with the credit crisis in August 2007, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said. The second stage is marked by dollar weakness. In the third stage, a recovery in energy and commodity prices will boost investment into precious metals, the bank said.

Silver futures for December delivery climbed 17 cents, or 0.9 percent, to $18.61 an ounce, after touching a 16-month high of $18.935 earlier. The metal is up 65 percent in 2009.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aTjz9pZClR6c

In my opinion Silver seems like the way to go here. Gold is up 32% this year, and silver hasn't even matched what it got up to last year. Silver will lag behind gold but the percentage gains will be at least double or triple gold.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Is The Dollar Dead?

Gold hits record high on India purchase
By Javier Blas in London and James Lamont in New Delhi
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0eaa4a80-c856-11de-a69e-00144feabdc0.html

Gold prices on Tuesday surged to an all-time high after India’s central bank bought 200 tonnes of the precious metal, swapping dollars for bullion (my emphasis) as the country’s finance minister warned the economies of the US and Europe had “collapsed”.
India’s decision to exchange $6.7bn for gold equivalent to 8 per cent of world annual mine production sent the strongest signal yet that Asian countries were moving away from the US currency.

The purchase by New Delhi’s Reserve Bank from the International Monetary Fund pushed gold prices to a record $1,086.10 per troy ounce, up 2.6 per cent on the day, as traders bet that other central banks would also become buyers.
Pranab Mukherjee, India’s finance minister, said the acquisition reflected the power of an economy that laid claim to the fifth-largest global foreign reserves: “We have money to buy gold. We have enough foreign exchange reserves.”
He contrasted India’s strength with weakness elsewhere: “Europe collapsed and North America collapsed.”

“This is a landmark trade,” said Jonathan Spall a director at Barclays Capital and a gold ­specialist. “Central banks are conservative institutions and India’s move is a sign for other central banks and sovereign wealth funds that were contemplating buying gold.”
New Delhi’s acquisition came months after China revealed it had almost doubled its gold reserves in the past six years.
Traders and mining executives tipped China, Saudi Arabia and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds as candidates to snap up the rest of the gold the IMF plans to sell.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Update to last post

Just thought everyone would like to know that not only did the republican Dierdre Scozzafava abruptly suspended her campaign Saturday in the 23rd Congressional District special election she also endorsed the democrat that ACORN endorsed. ACORN endorsed her also which shows exactly why the republicans can all go to hell as far as I am concerned. This is the perfect example of how the game works. These two parties are damn near identical yet they want us to fight amongst ourselves to get the big (D) or big (R) elected, and when they are elected they both lead us down the path to bigger government. Wake up people we need a third party here in America, or better yet no parties at all. Go back and read George Washington's farewell address he saw what political parties can do to a country and warned against them. You all know what they say the definition of insanity is: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Well this has been us America we keep voting for immoral liars and thieves and think it is alright just because they are a republican or a democrat. You know what you get when you vote for the lesser of two evils? Evil

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Hallelujah

Republican in NY House race suspends campaign
By VALERIE BAUMAN (AP)

Fighting plunging support, Republican Dierdre Scozzafava abruptly suspended her campaign Saturday in the 23rd Congressional District special election that has exposed a rift among national factions of the party.
Campaign spokesman Matt Burns said Scozzafava thinks stepping aside is for the best of the party. He said Scozzafava is essentially withdrawing from the race, although her name will remain on Tuesday's ballot.
"It is increasingly clear that pressure is mounting on many of my supporters to shift their support," Scozzafava said in a written statement. "Consequently, I hereby release those individuals who have endorsed and supported my campaign to transfer their support as they see fit."
The announcement comes after a Siena College poll found she was in third place with 20 percent of the vote in the heavily Republican district that has been safe ground for the party for more than 100 years. Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman and Democratic nominee Bill Owens were too close to call with 35 percent and 36 percent, respectively.
The race has pitted conservative and moderate wings of the Republican Party against each other in a battle of ideology. The special election in New York's rural north has received national attention as big-name Republicans including Sarah Palin, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson have thrown their support behind Hoffman. Money poured into Hoffman's campaign from all over the country.
Full Article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j0VibvgMRn4zDGTwEZjej-eRI1swD9BM61UG1

This is great news for all of the conservatives out there. I firmly believe that a third party is the way to go. Having only two options is always going to get us into the same kind of mess we are talking about here, where you can't hardly tell the two parties apart. Hopefully Hoffman will pull this thing off, and get others on board with the third party movement, including Rush Limbaugh, who for some reason with all his brilliance still thinks we should try to remake the republican party. I think that is the wrong approach, I mean how many conservative presidents have we had in the last 50 years, one, maybe two? Get real and get on board with the third party movement!

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Once Again The Russians See It


Everyone have a look at this title from the Russian newspaper Pravda: America Moving from Kingdom of Cash to Socialism Slowly but Surely.


If anyone knew about what socialism, communism, fascism, Marxism, etc. is I would say it is the Russians since the adopted that style of governing several decades ago. You know way back when people like FDR and the many other morons in his administration where praising the communist experiment. Oh and a news flash for some of you, it failed. Yep that's right, every time its been tried socialism has failed.



Oh and on a completely different note watch this video where Barney Frank, yes the one that was running a gay prostitution ring in his basement, say he is "trying on every front to increase the role of government."




And yet still people tell me "Can't happen! That can't happen here in America." Wake up people.


Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Putting Illegal Aliens Up In Hotels

Boy you just have to love what this country does these days don't you? Check out this article from Rueters:
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The United States, criticized for holding illegal immigrants in overcrowded and poorly run jails, on Tuesday announced plans to convert hotels to detain some noncriminal immigrants.
About 32,000 immigrants (read illegal aliens) to the United States are held at any given time in about 350 local jails and private prisons, which have been criticized for providing poor medical care and oversight.
Oh Lord have Mercy! Did I read that right? The United States is being criticized for providing poor medical care and oversight to people that shouldn't be getting it in the first damn place. I am at a loss here people. I'm done, read the full article here if you want:
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5955OL20091006

Now We Can't Enforce Our Own Laws

White House strips immigration policing powers from Arizona sheriff

A controversial Arizona sheriff known for taking a hard line against illegal immigrants has been stripped of some of his powers in what he described as a political move by the Obama administration.
Joe Arpaio, a gruff lawman who styles himself as America's toughest sheriff, has won acclaim from US anti-immigrant forces for his relentless pursuit of mostly Hispanic illegal immigrants in Maricopa county, Arizona, a fast-growing county of 4 million people that is home to Phoenix, the nation's fifth largest city.
Read Article Here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/09/obama-immigration-arpaio-arizona-sheriff

You have to love how the Guardian says "his relentless pursuit of mostly Hispanic illegal immigrants in . . . Arizona. Just a quick fact here for our friends in the UK, ARIZONA SHARES A BORDER WITH MEXICO!!! Now doesn't it make sense for a sheriff, doing his job, to be arresting "mostly Hispanic illegal" ALIENS, not immigrants in Arizona?

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Makes Sense To Me

'Taking the pill for past 40 years 'has put women off masculine men'
By David Derbyshire

It ushered in the 1960s sexual revolution and gave women control over their own fertility.
But the Pill may also have changed women's taste in men, according to a study.
Scientists say the hormones in the oral contraceptive suppress a woman's interest in masculine men and make boyish men more attractive. Although the change occurs for just a few days each month, it may have been highly influential since use of the Pill began more than 40 years ago.

If the theory is right, it could partly explain the shifting in tastes from macho 1950s and 1960s stars such as Kirk Douglas and Sean Connery to the more wimpy, androgynous stars of today, such as Johnny Depp and Russell Brand.
Dr Alexandra Alvergne, of the University of Sheffield, says the Pill could also be altering the way women pick their mates and could have long-term implications for society.
'There are many obvious benefits of the Pill for women, but there is also the possibility that the Pill has psychological side-effects that we are only just discovering,' she said. 'We need further studies to find out what these are.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1218808/Contraceptive-pill-women-attracted-masculine-men--interested-boyish-looks.html#ixzz0TNeeuPLp

They are called metro-sexual men, you know the kind, they usually sit around talking sports while they are getting their hair done and their nails did. The kind that say "oh it is sooo chilly out tonight let me go to the bemmer and put something on" and they come back with a scarf around there necks (true story by the way). They try to be men but it doesn't really work out for them so well. And while it does seem that most women (wo-man, woo-man) do go for that metro-sexual, "I think he's a man, isn't it cool he likes shopping at the mall as much as I do" types deep down I believe they all want a Real Man. What is a real man you may ask? Ah but I think you all know the answer to that one, whether you want to admit it or not. You tell me which is the man and which is the metro.





Ok, ok "its not fair you say, that is Clint Eastwood" well try this picture, and notice the manliness of this dude. Notice the awareness of his picture being taken in those eyes (maybe a little too much so), notice the beer in his hand, the smoke from the camp fire materializing behind him, notice the tent, the dirty jacket, the hat catching the ashes from the fire. Does that say man to you?





















Oh and by the way the guy we all know to be the metro, ya that dude, that is an actual picture taken from the Banana Republic website. I know, I know, that's hard to believe but it's true.
















Monday, October 5, 2009

The Obama Youth, Now There Is a Title That Sounds Familiar

"You're crazy there is no indoctrination happening in our public school system," you say. "Can't happen here in America," you say. "I think you are watching Glenn Beck too much," you say. Well I say your idiotic opinions STOP where FACTS begin. Watch the clips below. And yes keep watching the third one you will be able to understand it eventually.





Sunday, September 27, 2009

The Case Against Single Payer Healthcare

"I FEAR THE GIVING OF MANKIND A DEPENDENCE ON ANYTHING FOR SUPPORT IN AGE OR SICKNESS, BESIDES INDUSTRY AND FRUGALITY DURING YOUTH AND HEALTH, TENDS TO FLATTER OUR NATURAL INDOLENCE, TO ENCOURAGE IDLENESS AND PRODIGALITY, AND THEREBY TO PROMOTE AND INCREASE POVERTY, THE VERY EVIL IT WAS INTENDED TO CURE."

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Oath Keepers

It has been a long standing believe of mine that if our military, police, and fire-fighters protect the peoples rights as defined in the United States Constitution we as a country, in the long run, will be fine. It has been my experience though that some in our military, and policemen especially do what they are told instead of honoring their oath to protect and defend the Constitution and to protect the people against all enemies foreign and domestic. Just think of what happened in New Orleans with hurricane Katrina. Guns were taken, sometimes at the point of a gun, from people who lawfully had a right to own them and were using them for protecting themselves, their families, and their livelihoods from cheating, lying, thieves. Does that sound right to anyone else? To take away peoples right under the Second Amendment to the Constitution to lawfully own a gun and protect themselves and others?
On September 12, 2009 my Nephew went to Washington D.C. along with 1.5 million other people to protest the taking by our own government the rights of its own people. My Nephew brought back a card from a group called Oath Keepers and what follows is the oaths they would like for the Military, Veterans, Police, and Fire-Fighters to keep on the back of their cards. I have not done any kind of research on Oath Keepers but I liked most of what was on this card. If anyone has any information on them let me know. Let me know also what you think of what follows.

OATH KEEPERS
For out brothers and sisters in the Military, Veterans, Police, and Fire-Fighters, who will honor their oath to defend the Constitution.
Guardians of the Republic. . . Honor Your Oath. Join Us
OATHKEEPERS.ORG

1. We will NOT obey orders to disarm the American people.
2. We will NOT obey orders to conduct warrantless searches of the American people.
3. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as "unlawful enemy combatants" or to subject them to military tribunal.
4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a "state of emergency" on a state
5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty
6. We will NOT obey order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.
7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext.
8. We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American people to "keep the peace" or to "maintain control."
9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies
10. We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble ,and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.

Friday, September 18, 2009

A Letter From Upper Representative Bill Nelson of FL, And My Response


September 16, 2009

"Dear XXXXXX,
Most of the calls and mail coming into my office these days are from constituents worried about health care. Regardless of where anyone stands on the specifics of this issue, I think we all can agree the current system is unfair, too costly, and needs to be fixed. President Obama gave some clearer answers in his speech to Congress last week about his views on reform. I found it interesting that what the president described is pretty close to the bill I'm helping prepare as a member of the Senate Finance Committee. I want to tell you basically what this bill does. In essence, it will let folks happy with their insurance keep it, including seniors on Medicare and veterans. It also will create a marketplace--exchanges--where those without coverage, or those who are unhappy with what they have, can get coverage at an affordable price. The bill will hold insurers' feet to the fire by requiring them to cover everyone and preventing them from dropping individuals who get sick. Additionally, it will contain several measures aimed at reducing overall medical and prescription drug costs and eliminating waste and fraud in the system.I still intend to offer several amendments aimed at further improving the legislation. One of my amendments would require drugmakers to provide rebates to Medicare, just like they do to Medicaid. This would save Medicare a ton of money. Further, by eliminating the tax break drugmakers get for TV and other advertising, we would gain another $37 billion over the coming years to help pay for health care reforms.The Senate Finance Committee will begin considering this bill as early as this week. Meantime, please know that I value your continued input."


Response:

I sincerely appreciate your e-mail regarding your position on our health care. I am printing it out as I type this as I find that it may come in handy when you are up for re-election. I have just a few simple questions for you though. Will you, sir be keeping your insurance our getting on board with what you want the rest of us little people to have? You state in your e-mail: "I think we all can agree the current system is unfair, too costly, and needs to be fixed." You went on to say that, "I found it interesting that what the president described is pretty close to the bill I'm helping prepare as a member of the Senate Finance Committee" and "In essence, it will let folks happy with their insurance keep it, including seniors on Medicare and veterans." Do you lead me to believe, sir that our "current system is unfair, too costly, and needs to be fixed" on the one hand but you will let folks happy with their "unfair", "costly" insurance keep it? That is an ill that is too grave to face why with all of those poor seniors and veterans that will be allowed to keep such an unjust, costly system. Surely you, a person of such high moral character would not allow a travesty of this kind to occur. One more question for you sir; If I do not want to carry health insurance, will I be forced to buy it? If not will I be penalized on my taxes a certain amount of money, say something like $3500? As my upper representative in Congress I look forward to your response, if you find it worthy of one.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

This Just In: Read the Post Below Befor This One

Obama helps strengthen General Electric-Putin ties
By: Timothy P. Carney
Examiner Columnist
09/17/09 2:06 PM EDT

Reuters reports an interesting nugget in the wake of President Barack Obama's decision to grant Vladimir Putin his wish and kill the Eastern European missile shield:
Shortly after the pullback on the shield programme was announced, Russia's government said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin would meet several U.S. executives on Friday from firms including General Electric, Morgan Stanley as well as TPG, one of the world's largest private equity firms
General Electric may be the company with the closest ties to the Obama administration (if not, GE is second only to Goldman Sachs), and here we see the company benefiting from an abrupt foreign policy change made by President Obama. But GE isn't the only company benefiting. Reuters paints the broader picture:
"U.S. companies have arguably lost out to some European companies in joint ventures, and better diplomacy will likely improve the chances for investors in the strategic sectors of the Russian economy," said Carlo Gallo, senior Russia analyst at London-based consultancy Control Risks.
GE CEO Jeff Immelt sits on Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, and GE owns MSNBC, the network famously friendly to Obama.

Now what about all of those arguments saying republicans are in bed with big biz? Looks like they all are, but we smart people knew that didn't we?

Who Does Our President Align Himself With?

Today September 17, 2009 marks the 70th anniversary of the Russian invasion of Poland and how does our President mark the occasion of this day to our Polish allies? He kills the missile defense shield that would protect them and other close allies of ours. Look at this headline from the UK: Dismay in Europe as Obama ditches missile defence

President Obama dismayed America's allies in Europe and angered his political opponents at home today when he formally ditched plans to set up a missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.
The project had been close to the heart of Mr Obama's predecessor, President Bush, who had argued before leaving office in January that it was needed to defend against long-range ballistic missile attacks from rogue states such as Iran and North Korea.
But it had hobbled relations with Russia, which considered it both a security threat and an unnecessary political provocation in its own backyard.

Full Story: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6838058.ece



How about this headline and article: Polish PM wouldn't take U.S. calls

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed today that he declined last night to take a call from the U.S. informing him of the decision to scrap planned missile-defense bases in his country.
Two U.S.-based sources close to the Polish government said Thursday that Tusk also rejected a call from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — on the grounds that, as the head of the government, he should speak to the president.

Full Story: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0909/Polish_PM_wouldnt_take_US_calls.html?showall


All of you ask yourself this question: Who is Obama pleasing with this deal? Our allies in Europe do not like the idea. Russia does. Where was PM Putin on September 10 2009? Why he was in Venezuela with another one of Obama's dear friends Hugo Chavez.
And what were they discussing? Hugo Chavez wants to join the nuclear energy club and is looking to Russia for help in getting started. The socialist president is closely allied with Iran and defends its nuclear program.
Here is that article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hk9wRad6D4mpLEA24Ag1XNyXGW0gD9AO5IFO1

So why is it that our President turns on our democratic-republican allies, and embraces socialist like Chavez, Putin, Castro, etc. etc. etc?

House Passes Sweeping Student-Loan-Market Overhaul

Another huge step towards fascism here in America happened today. While everyone was talking healthcare the house today voted to "end private-lender involvement in the student-loan market, establishing the federal government as the sole provider of college loans."

From the Wall Street Journal:
Similar to the continuing efforts at overhauling health care, the changes to the federal government's higher-education policies would have a serious effect on the bottom line for private-sector players currently serving the marketplace. The House vote was 253-to-171, largely along party lines. Under the legislation, all lenders would be cut out of the market for originating loans. There would still be a role for private banks and lenders to bid for a limited number of contracts to service the loans after they are made by the government. (Private banks they say, ya right.)

For companies like SLM Corp., better known as Sallie Mae, the proposed changes are already having an impact. This week, Fitch Ratings downgraded Sallie Mae to triple-B-plus status and called its outlook negative. Sallie Mae's shares were recently trading down more than 2% at $9.
Full Article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125321217589620383.html

Here is another good article on this subject written a few days before passage of this power grab bill: The Quietest Trillion: Congratulations. You're about to own $100 billion a year in student loans.

The Obama plan calls for the U.S. Department of Education to move from its current 20% share of the student-loan origination market to 80% on July 1, 2010, when private lenders will be barred from making government-guaranteed loans. The remaining 20% of the market that is now completely private will likely shrink further as lenders try to comply with regulations Congress created last year. Starting next summer, taxpayers will have to put up roughly $100 billion per year to lend to students.
Full Article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203440104574405154157021052.html

White House Collects Web Users Data

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/16/obama-wh-collects-web-users-data/

The White House is collecting and storing comments and videos placed on its social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube without notifying or asking the consent of the site users, a failure that appears to run counter to President Obama's promise of a transparent government and his pledge to protect privacy on the Internet.
Marc Rotenberg, president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said the White House signaled that it would insist on open dealings with Internet users and, in fact, should feel obliged to disclose that it is collecting such information.
"The White House has not been adequately transparent, particularly on how it makes use of new social media techniques, such as this example," he said.
Defenders of the White House actions said the Presidential Records Act requires that the administration gather the information and that it was justified in taking the additional step of asking a private contractor to "crawl and archive" all such material. Nicholas Shapiro, a White House spokesman, declined to say when the practice began or how much the new contract would cost.
Susan Cooper, a spokeswoman for National Archives and Records Administration, said the presidential records law applies to "social media" and to public comments "received by the president or immediate staff."

Thanks JEF for sending me the article.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

March On Washington D.C. 9-12-09

Here are some pictures of all the patriots that marched on Washington D.C. I would like to personally thank everyone that went, you spent your time and your money to make a difference and try to restore this country to its former glory. Estimates from the British press (can't trust too much media over here in this country) is between a million and two million people. More than Obama's inaguration, and guess what, you left it clean. The last two are my personal favorites.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009

ACORN Scandal! ! ! Now Go Figure!

Even though this is ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) I was still shocked when I heard Glenn Beck playing this on the radio this morning. This is video of the blatant and disturbing corruption at the Baltimore, Maryland ACORN office. Going undercover and posing as a couple who are a pimp and a prostitute, these ACORN advisor gives them tips on tax fraud and how to keep underage sex slaves under the radar of the government, all with a smile. Remember, this is the group that Obama said he'd call them in to help 'shape the agenda' of the next presidency of the United States. Have you had enough yet America? Ready to get off your asses and do something? Well there are TEA Parties all across the United States this weekend Saturday Sept. 12. Oh, but wait, ya, you have plans this weekend right? Time to do what is right, as John Adams said "The science of government is my duty to study, more that all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take place of, indeed to exclude, in a manner, all other arts. I must study politics and war, that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy." I, like a lot of people, HATE politics but damn it in the times we are living in IT IS MY DUTY AS AN AMERICAN TO STUDY IT AND HELP SAVE OUR REPUBLIC. What will you do?



Thursday, September 3, 2009

Dave Ramsey On The Cash for Clunkers Program

"With all the buzz about Cash for Clunkers, it’s easy to think that it was a great way for people to get a better set of wheels. But was it really? No way! Cash for Clunkers was simply a way for broke people to buy cars that they really couldn't afford. It was a bad idea on multiple levels. But before digging into that, let’s take a little history lesson.
About a decade ago, a fair housing program was started, called a sub-prime lending market. The idea behind it was that everyone “needed” to own a home—including broke people. The government decided to start a program to reinvest in communities, which allowed pretty much anyone to borrow money to buy a house. Lending companies charged high interest rates, causing already struggling families to go even further into debt.
Basically, this was a program designed to encourage broke people to buy houses. Most people didn’t even know it existed until it unraveled and became the number-one cause of our recent recession. The government took those stupid loans back and securitized them, which created the financial mess last fall. Helping broke people buy houses didn’t turn out to be a great government program. Guess what? Helping broke people buy brand-new cars—and now home appliances—will turn out just as bad.
The Cash for Clunkers program was designed exactly for people who should not take advantage of the program. You trade your $2,000 clunker in for a brand-new, shiny $20,000 car, and the only way you can afford it is with a high-interest payment. That just means you really couldn’t afford it to begin with. Doesn’t this sound like the sub-prime mortgage problem all over again?
When you drive that new car off the lot, you’re immediately going to lose $4,500. The worst car accidents happen on the showroom floor. New cars go down in value like a rock. The government thinks it’s going to save the American auto industry by putting broke people into cars they can’t pay for. It’s going to come back to bite them—and the rest of us—in the form of taxes galore.
Another bad thing about this program is that we, the taxpayers, are paying for the new cars! It’s morally wrong of the government to take money away from us—against our will—in the form of taxes and give that money to someone else to buy a stupid car they can’t afford in the first place! This is theft, plain and simple.
Cash for Clunkers is a program that redistributes wealth in the name of the environment, and it’s going to be a curse on the car dealer and the manufacturer that carries the paper. It’s going to hurt the broke person who bought a car he couldn’t afford. And it’s already a problem for our country, because it’s adding dollars to the national debt.
There’s always a twist with government programs like this. They try to think of creative ways to help people, but the situation usually ends up worse than it did before they “helped.” In the end, I should decide what to do with my own money. If I want to buy you a car, I will! And if you can’t buy a car without actually paying for the whole thing, then you’re better off keeping your “clunker.”
So good riddance to a really bad program that has done more damage than good."

Friday, August 28, 2009

Best Six Month Rally For Stocks Since 1933

You have to love that title I got from the Drudge Report. "Best Six Month Rally For Stocks Since 1933." Now I am no depression era historian like current head of the Fed Ben Bernanke (That is sarcasm at its finest right there folks) but wasn't 1933 a year that the Great Depression was still going on? And didn't it last up into the 1940's? Please post a comment and let me know if I am wrong here but I am pretty sure I am right (Once again that is sarcasm). I KNOW I AM RIGHT. I think we have a long way to go in this down slump.

Read Article here: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aV3FdIUV9VDI

Bill Would Give President Emergency Control of Internet

Well the just keep chipping away and we keep letting it happen. Here is an article from CNET by by Declan McCullagh

Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.
They're not much happier about a revised version that aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, have spent months drafting behind closed doors. CNET News has obtained a copy of the 55-page draft (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency.

The new version would allow the president to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" relating to "non-governmental" computer networks and do what's necessary to respond to the threat. Other sections of the proposal include a federal certification program for "cybersecurity professionals," and a requirement that certain computer systems and networks in the private sector be managed by people who have been awarded that license.
Probably the most controversial language begins in Section 201, which permits the president to "direct the national response to the cyber threat" if necessary for "the national defense and security." The White House is supposed to engage in "periodic mapping" of private networks deemed to be critical, and those companies "shall share" requested information with the federal government. ("Cyber" is defined as anything having to do with the Internet, telecommunications, computers, or computer networks.)

Full Article Here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Exposing The Obama Administration

Here we have a clip from the Glenn Beck show on Fox showing us who Obama's Green Job's Czar is, really. His name is Van Jones, a self-proclaimed communist and board member of the Apollo Alliance. Don't know what the Apollo Alliance is? Well do your homework. My question is this: Why is such a radical communist so high in the Obama administration, acting as one of his chief advisors? Oh and one more little tidbit, in a book Van Jones wrote several years ago he said he would like to see a government program called "hoopdies for hybrids." No that is totally different than Obama's Cash for Clunkers. With radical friends everywhere around Obama why is it so difficult for some educated people out there to understand what kind of American hating fascist this president is?