That’s pretty much what has went on for the last 30 years. The last year and a half being little different. Both big business, large and small government turned predatory. From the womb to the tomb, you are target of extortion and to be separated from your wealth.

So do you want to take the red pill and know the truth or the blue pill and wake up in your bed and the world be as you thought it was?

The only difference in the last year and a half from prior years is the reaction to “needs” you refused to accept or seen.

You obviously didn’t see them before, why on earth might you see them now?

Maybe you did see them and hope they might go away and not effect you? Well hello in there! I see you!

It’s almost like Lamb blood might have be smeared over your doorway and the evil descending spirit might pass your happy home by.

For myself, it’s about high time everyone woke up and realized few have immunity. This calloused indifference of whats happening around us needs to end.

I’m not suggesting to encourage bad work ethic or lazy behavior. I’m saying we need to accept our numbers and offer opportunities “the tools” to dig out, needs to be available for such numbers.

This is what we don’t have today as Government (not the Fed but city and state) and big business bleed us dry while failing to secure our borders from southern immigration from the most needy.

We are in a “bleed out” situation and it’s finely became critic to even “Mr. Happy Britches” is aware.

The only thing I fear at this point,is that we will continue using “corrective measures” long after the need for them is gone.

And WE do that ~ alot! and it causes big problems.

Example; Tax cuts ~ okay, Federal taxes are lower then they’ve ever been. ~ Okay show me the progress made from them? It’s county, city and state that’s kicking our collective butts. For Reagan got the FED off of the “peoples” backs ,remember?

Social Security Act? ~ what has that created?

federal reserve act? ~ what has that created?

Show me the cure.

Reason for government are many ~ but it’s the refusal of people to “not” do the right thing at it’s core.

I don’t know what all the answers are, There is some good thought provoking ideas coming forward here, things that need to be discussed as we approach the next general election.

But things like this Angle bid from office fails to butter my cornbread.

There’s just too much Rupert Murdock in it for my taste. You can’t just change your name while wearing the same hat and expect me to listen to you and see things differently.

who’s desperation would be my first question. When my second.

DaveH,
Just goes to show how stupid we are!! How many of us would have invested in oil companies right after the BP rig blew up???? I just wish I had mr sorass and Me Obummer’s foresight to see this!!! YEAH WRIGHT!!!!

No courage to move forward Chucky. We all fanstisize about the glorious past no matter what generation you are in. Regulations take years to get through Congress and sometimes they don’t get past 1st base. A President can only use the tools that Congress gives to him. They say that immigration reform may not get passed this year yet you all want Oboma to bring out his magic wand.

Oh sure, Eddie. How could Obama get anything passed with that hostile Democrat Congress thwarting his every dream?

Slam Dunk, DaveH…. Nice one!

I would ask EDDIE to point out for us, those items that Bush enacted….. that Obama has reversed.

Please advise…..

PS: Has EDDIE read ‘any’ of Obama’s Executive Orders?
[Personally, I doubt it]

eddy47d

really, you mean we have to wait another year in order to get amnesty for illegals, how can they do that to us! you say the illegals will not be able to legally vote come november, have you checked this out with acorn?? barry?? “my god” what will he do!!

Oh Puhlease, Chuck. How can you say that? You know they were much too busy ramming mandatory healthcare insurance down our unwilling throats to busy themselves with further regulating the oil companies. I mean, the Liberals are only human. It takes time to destroy our country.

Don’t forget your buddy was called the “messiah!” Can you get any worse then that?

Yeah, Carter started green iniatives that Reagan dismissed. Just think where we could have been, with greener energy R & D, by now.

Yep, it was Carter that started the Department of Energy whose goal was to make us energy-independant. It still exists and is larger than ever. Are we energy-independant yet?
The alternative energy schemes prevalent in Carter’s years failed because they were uneconomical and people resisted being forced to pay more for less.
Speaking of that. Why is it that Liberals will gnash their teeth about those big bad corporations that are ripping us off, but then they try to force people to buy uneconomical energy from Liberal-supported companies. Kind of a double standard, isn’t it?

Cater was ahead of his time in many ways , the world wasn’t ready, ~

The US is still not ready, ~ It’s still ~ movie stars and male vibrato that gets the attention. “Well Pilgrim”, “which way will it be? On your feet or across my saddle”?

~ Not yet ready for brains ~ if the package seems unappealing or lacking in anyway. The minority leader appreciates this as he sports his George Hamilton, “toasted tan” and says little. Nice tie ! always

People are sucker for paint! And the GOP crowd leads the way.

Why don’t you just buy a bucket of pretty paint?

Make me wonder how Rush makes it, he looks more and more like a large toad. ~ If He get any bigger, he’ll need his own zip code. And what the deal with him always pulling forward on the front of his shirt? Some skin condition? Ring around the collar blues?

Carter was as much a puppet President as Woodrow Wilson was…
Carter had his Paul Volker / Wilson had his Edward Mandel House
In both cases, each Chief of Staff actually ran the Country (not the Pres)
You can verify it handily enough with Wilson – he’s been quoted outright.
With Carter, they’ve become more like snakes withe the CFR involved.

Carter gave us gas rationing (green what ?)
Carter gave us 25% interest rates (buy green what?)
Carter showed us NO BACKBONE at all, when it came to the IRAN Hostages

I see no difference between Carter and Obama – they both work for the CFR and the Trilateral Commission – they DO NOT work for the American People… so, you can get that thought out of your heads, right here and right now.

This situation is about collecting all of the money now in public hands, because those who CONTROL the money feel that you’ve had it long enough, when it WASN’T YOURS in the first place. THIS IS HOW the money’d elite seriously feel about the Money Paradigm. You don’t like hearin’ it…. tough titty, kittens……..

No Nixon gave us that, it was the price we paid for scaling down a war and distracting an Executive Office as it was forced to defend it’s self. ~ Cater inherited this and made it no better, for he didn’t know how ! and if he did, ~ no one would have listen to him anyway.

No, but his brother Billy was a spy for our lybian enemies!

they were just wanting his beer recipe!

Bad joke, dude! Bad joke!

Hey Dingbat edduh!!! Focus! quit looking into the mirror!!!

You are jusr P.O.’d because your sheppard may be sent out to pasture himself. You and your sheeple can go with him. Baaaaa! Baaaaa!

still thinking ~way way outside “an” box of reason I see.

Read the latest news, son. Read the latest news. Let’s see what happens since he just gave away some land in Arizona to the Mexicans. The people there are talking about fighting them to get them out. If they do, I’ll join them.

Here is a list of countries arranged from least regulated to most regulated. Which ones would you choose to live in?
http://www.heritage.org/index/Ranking.aspx

Gee, Were surrounded by those pesky little socialist countries Canada and Denmark. What is the world coming to.

You can pick the country links and see the particulars. But only if you really want to learn.
Notice if you do that Hong Kong and Singapore both get along with government spending of only 15% of GDP versus the United States government spending of 37% of GDP. Are they just nicer people than we are?

And where did you get the idea that Canada and Denmark are socialist countries? You better read the articles on Canada and Denmark by clicking their links on the list. They both have large welfare programs, but you should look up the definition of Socialism.
Remember we are talking about economic freedom. That is the ease with which one can start a business, property rights, tax levels, etc.
The list takes into account ten different catagories so while Canada or Denmark may be better in some catagories, they may be worse in others.

Why don’t you just go and live there and leave this site to the real Americans! FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!

DaveH,
I can’t get over how much Pappy sounds like coal minor!!!! Same leftist leanings, same Bush and Reagan did it wrong type rants!!!

Let’s see:
George Soros has a very large position in Petroleo Brazileiro (Petrobras).
Obama committed $2 Billion in loans and loan guarantees for Petrobras offshore operations.
Obama has declared a six-month moratorium on offshore drilling.
Does this moratorium affect Petrobras? Of course not.
Why would Obama want to aid Brazil’s offshore drilling but ban the United States offshore drilling? Does he not care about Brazil’s possible damage to the environment?

Obama says he wants to help the little people, but them costs them their jobs because one company has an accident. Note that there are 4000 extant oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Have you heard of any other oil spills in the Gulf?

There have been other spills in the GULF but no others are leaking now. So you think Singapore and Hong kong (small island nations) can be compared to the USA. Not all countries can deal in just finances to survive. They found a nitch and they guard it jealously. We have a much larger economy and many more problems.

References to the other spills?
And sure, Eddie, they are smaller. Believe what you want Eddie.
Hong Kong has one of the highest population densities in the world (7 million people in 426 square miles). Compare that to Rhode Island (1 million people in 1045 square miles).
Read the country links, Eddie. Instead of trying to win, educate yourself.

Joeh,

Here is more on your hero,Turn Coat Reagon.Website!seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009287243_opinc02krugman.html · Cached page

I am too, DaveH. I only wish Sarah would post something here. I think that would be very interesting.

fast eddie, “Why didn’t Gov. Jindal get those berms (barriers) built since that was one of his pet projects.”
Easy enough…EPA!

No matter how you attempt to defend your POTUS hero, he is completely indefensible now.
Barack Obama has proven himself to be incompetent, reckless, deceitful and naive when it comes to protecting America’s interests and his pattern of corruption, power-grabbing, and misleading the American people clearly jeopardizes America.

Moreover, this recklessness and deceitfulness can not be attributed to simple rookie mistakes. Rather, this behavior clearly indicates that Obama is constantly and purposefully engaging in actions that reflect a hard-left ideology antithetical to America’s founding principles.

Indeed, many believe that when it comes to his economic policies that Obama is following the theories of Richard Cloward and Francis Fox Piven, two radical professors from his undergraduate university, Columbia, who advocated overwhelming the economy with so much spending and entitlement demands that the resulting chaos would cause people to clamor for more government intervention, thus leading to socialism.
Of course, the Mainstream Media won’t report, or even acknowledge, these unfortunate truths.

Obama is clearly dismissive of America’s Constitutional principles and obviously dislikes the role America plays in the world. He dislikes our Judeo-Christian heritage and detests America’s historical allies. He under-estimates the Islamic threat and is constantly apologizing to the world.

He gives beautiful speeches but, truth be told, this man was not prepared to be president and never was. He has neither the experience nor the temperament to guide America during the troubled times we live in. Nor is his worldview consistent with the values and principles espoused by our founding fathers or even consistent with the vast majority of Americans.

Less than halfway through his first term Obama has done more damage to America than any previous president in history. Some of the damage can be repaired, some can’t. Some of his policies will haunt generations to come.

Fast eddie, right the wrongs and get on board and join the fight to impeach Obama
http://www.ImpeachObamaCampaign.com

Thanks JeffH. Obviously Eddie doesn’t get his news from reliable sources or he would have known that already.

What a propaganda piece with your diatrab and name calling. Don’t get me wrong I wouldn’t expect anything less from you.

Like this administartion isn’t name calling, finger pointing, passing the buck, etc., are you really that blind? You sound somewhat like smilee. Are you two sharing the same bedroom? FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!

The zeal of God & Country ~ was the cry that got us into a war to no where and what got government involved with people unable to die a natural death.

Your “God” needs to be personal and dear to “You”! ~ It’s a personal connection, and on a personal level of each of us. ~ Don’t force “your” connection on me, for I have my own.

So what might you think of “Country First”, does that suggest, “God” second? or that Country was never first?

These words fail to offer us anything but confusion.

Simple talk, is just that, “Simple”

What we address today, is not simple.

Barbie doll, you really need to get off of the kool aid. What’s wrong with wanting to do things for God and country? God comes first, as always, but it seems that you have no patriotism in you. Patriotism is the love one has for their country at peacetime and at war. You seem to be content with sitting back on your obviously large backside and complain about everything. That may be your right to do, but we don’t have to put up with such nonsense! You say that you put four kids through school? What if one of them joined the army and was going to go to Iraq or Afghanistan? Would that change your tone? I just don’t think the mission is done yet. Also, my son joins the army in September as a 2nd Lt. He wants to be in the infantry like his dad. Can you say that your kids wanted to follow in your footsteps? I love this country and what we were founded on by our christian founding fathers, but we have gotten far away from those foundings with this president. If you really love this country, you’ll want it to get back on the right track too. VICTORY IN THE NAME OF GOD! By the way, my platoon used to scream that before going into any battle in the Middle East. The saying still holds true today. Winning for the glory and name of God. It seems you have forgotten what its like to fight for something. Rekindle that spirit and quit being a spiteful little pissant!

JeffH, I couldn’t have have said it better__You go Buddy!!

I’m with you to, JeffH. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!

eddie, yadda, yadda, yadda,__NOw I’ll ask a question, Why were the barges that, for the lack of better words, suck up the oil off the surface of the water, stopped?___I’ll tell ya why, POLITICS!__GIve me a break, the excuse was, the barges had to be checked, to be sure they had adequete survival gear and life saving equipment on board!!__Who the hell, in they’re right mind, such as a career seamen, would even leave port, without that type of of gear!!__THEY WOULDN’T!___It’s ALL to Easy to see buddy__It’s all freakin’ POLITICS and and gettin my way_ Agendas!!!__Nothing more!__It’s either Politics or the lack of experience___NEVER MIND, IT’S BOTH!

Hey Dingbat edduh,
why didn’t Jindal build those berms?? Easy, he had to get permission to build them from the federal government!!! The federal government controls all coastal waters, Dingbat!!!!

Jingleberry is a major joke of the first order.

The Mr. Whiffol partisan politics. ~ Surly the GOP could find a bigger mouse.

Good Plan. I wish we could do it.

The Liberals would never go for it, though. They are well aware that they couldn’t survive without riding on the backs of others.
They could solve our energy problems though with all the hot gases coming from their mouths.

Dave you have misconstrued view of the DNC. To hear you talk, one would think democrats don’t put in a full day work. ~ This overstating, name calling, mean spirited misrepresentation of reality fails to serve you or your cause.

What makes you think other people would be willing to help you carry water with your nasty attitude about others?

People that don’t work, usually don’t bother with their civil responsibilities either.

Think about it.

You need to appeal to voters , not scorn them or run them off if you are to ever gain that “Majority” you like claim you have.

You are a majority you wish! If you were a majority this particular discussion wouldn’t be taking place John. Your numbers don’t rank 20 million.

100% agree on that! FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!

I don’t think it too foolish to think any “clean up ” discussed from the offset between the administration and BP , do you?

That it found to be “lacking” and a great disappointment shared by all.

Now if you wish to lay the blame on one man or one administration, I find the notion “lacking’ as well.

Joe, tell me how armed servants of bureaucrats might change things. I don’t think too many government worker of that caliber, capable if taking place of the state national guard ~which was by the way, was “busy elsewhere” serving the “Fed” chases Sandmen around. You over rated theses “softer” people when is comes to “oil spills” daming,booming,dyking , in general getting dirty and sweating though a 10 hour work day much less 15. What are they to do? Shoot it or guard it?

Granted, Obama accepted BP officials “soft soaping” early on and failed to react with a strong response. This was his mistake, and I think everyone concerned was hopeful this matter might be put to bed early.

So go ahead, and make your hay.

Myself, I never faulted Bush except with his choices of leadership (old friend, political favors) Men/women with no credentials for the Title they held was commonplace in the Bush Administration. And the newly formed HLS (which I hold with great reservations) was caught “sleeping” when it came their “curtain call”, being so busy with foreign threats they fail to recognize and respond quickly to a natural threat.

And too, people need to take the personal responsibility to “leave” low lying area during such times. ~ Must we have laws and rigid enforcement of them, to “stop” people from living anywhere they wish? You want a nice seat ring side with a good view to the action? Expect to get so sweat & blood on you.

They were victims, victims of many things and not just the failure of government reaction time in crisis but by their own hand.

Yes , political hay was made of Katrina, ~ but slow response time was just the top layer of contention.

So if you wish to make hay of this, you need to dig deeper. And what you find will not serve your cause.

THE OBAMA REGIME IS TRYING TO DESTROY THE USA. BUSH MADE SOME MISTAKES,BUT HE LOVES THIS COUNTRY UNLIKE OBAMA AND HIS REGIME.OBAMA IS BREAKING THE COUNTRY AND I DONT THINK HE IS DUMB SO I BELIVE HE IS TRYING TO DESTROY THE USA IMPEACH HIM

Hmmm, let’s see. During Bush’s first 18 months we went from a forecasted surplus and a good economy to a 36.9% drop in the Standard and Poors 500. Unemployment was climbing and so was the deficit. Then he and his team ignored the warnings of the previous administration leading to the massive failure that was 9/11. He then put in motion a campaign to start a war in Iraq using lies an innuendo. He also placed industry insiders into positions of oversight. A move that would cost us dearly for years to come. And during this wonderful 18 months, Bush was on vacation 42% of the time.

We also fulfilled the “Contract with America”, had the first round of tax cuts passed, received our first $600 check, went to Afghanistan and kicked the Taliban’s backside, etc., what is so bad about that? Don’t forget that it took Bush almost his whole first term to clean up Hillary’s (Bill’s) mess that was left to him. Get your facts straight before you post! FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!

The “contract with America” never lived up to it’s promises. It was considered a success only due to the fact that they only promised to bring certain bills and issue to the floor for a vote. Much of what was promised never made it passed the vote, and others were vetoed. Yes, some made it through, but it was not the government changing event it is touted to be.

Ah yes, the tax cuts. Great idea as the economy was in free fall. And that $600 check, do you recall that it was really an advance on your following years taxes?

“… went to Afghanistan and kicked the Taliban’s backside.” You should mention that to Bin Laden. Despite Bush’s promise to “smoke him out” he is still out there. And by some estimates, the actions of the Bush administration have made the Taliban more powerful than ever.

And that Clinton mess! Wow, your right, it took Bush a whole year to turn a budget surplus into a deficit, reaching a record $415 billion in 2004. And that was after he stole $150 billion from Social Security to cover up his mess.

Then there are the promises he reneged on, his funding of 2 wars without accounting for the costs in his budget, the corporate insiders he placed in positions of power like foxes in a hen house, and the list goes on. http://www.grist.org/article/gross-bush/

In the end the Bush economy and the Clinton economy were about a dead heat, IF NOT FOR THE MASSIVE DEFICIT BUSH RAN UP!

It’s a funny thing about facts, try to use them on the wrong people and they’ll bite your jingoist butt. I’m as proud of this country’s accomplishments as any of you flag wavers, but I know enough to burn a flag that has been abused. This country has been drug through the mud by people like George W. Bush. They claim to be patriots, wrap them selves in the flag and then they sell our country to the highest bidder. Enough is enough. We need to rebuild this country’s honor. We need to take the high road, not boast about torture. We need to support our troops, not pay 10 times the wage for mercenaries with ties to the White House. We need to invest in new technology and innovation to help us solve our problems. Honest corporations that help this country grow deserve our support, and those that pay their CEOs 10s of millions while they layoff employees, move off shore to avoid taxes and deplete our resources only to fill their own coffers should be made to pay their fair share. THAT’S WHERE YOU’LL FIND YOUR GOD AND COUNTRY!

It was more of a contract ON America.

samurai ` paints a rosy picture though! and maybe that’s the way it was for him.

It made me wonder, ~ where was I?

Oh yes , I was raising 4 children and making a 2100.00 dollar nut every month! doing blue collar work, electric and plumbing as my customer base kept shrinking and America policed the hold darn world while addressing few issues back home.

I remember now.

Oh, I see kinetic has forgotten that this administartion has racked up a debt 4 times larger than that of Bush. It only took him 18 months to do it too. Here in Indiana, under Bush you could of gotten a job in a factory or other decent paying place, but not now. Our coastline were cleaner, we were more secure, Bush claimed to be christian and so did “Osama”, just “Osama” lied about that and so many things. Bush didn’t have to face the possibility of impeachment, like “Osama”, didn’t apollogize for us, didn’t bow to other countries, actually graduated from college with records to prove it. Don’t forget also that we just didn’t go to the Middle East without way more than 50% of the vote (Senate and Congress) to go there. What do you mean by that Barbie Doll? I now make $2000 a month and are putting 3 of my four kids through college so what’s your point? You two bozos need to get your facts straight and post your sources. Sources don’t mean web sites, I mean real sources like books, reports, etc., if you can read that is. I’ve also heard that soon the Supreme Court will start hearing testimony on whether Obama bin Laden is a legal president or not. Its quietly made it up there. I think that the justices are just chomping at the bit to get their hands on this case. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY! GOD BLESS AMERICA! Let’s take it back from people who seek to destroy America from the inside out, like kinetic1 and barbie doll.

Is it Kinetic or lunitic you seem to forget that when the economy went down was the same time the Dems took over congress. It is true the president takes the hit when the economy goes bad and gets the credit when the economy is good but congress is the biggest culprit. Notice the unemployment and government spending since the socialist Dems took over congress. Plus they want huge taxes for cap and trade for a phony man made global warming bill. Did anyone see the snowplows plowing off the football field in El Paso? I hope the new congress can start to reverse the damage the Dems have done, but there will be a lot of unpopular choices that will make many people unhappy. They should start by unfunding programs that are just leaches (ie) the N.E.A., any federal money for the ACLU, ACORN the Department of Education, Planned Parenthood, the Department of Energy,any federal dollars for N.O.W, stop Obamacare or any other dozens of graft programs. Like I said a lot of people will be angry but it has to be done and will save taxpayers billions each year.
Maybe unpopular choices but necessary if we are going to survive as a free people.

Thanks Robin, I completely agree.
Obama is nothing but a liar. Every time he speaks he lies, spins the truth, attacks Americans who do not agree with him, kisses up to our sworn enemies, uses every viable excuse to promote his radical agenda. He has the most despicable administration that I have ever seen. I have no respect for him, the man lacks integrity and does NOT belong in the WH.

This is only a sampling of what is wrong with this guy and his current administration. I’m sure that some day someone will summarize everything more clearly and in great detail. It will be an interesting volume of books to read.

20 billion and 100 million is a lot of smoke and mirror for sure!

sound like a bright man for sure , if they can’t figure it out!

who’s the dummie?

To all those who think this is the way to go:
Kindly keep in mind some disturbing coincidentals. We are living, right now, under a system close to national socialism. When guns are removed, as it was the first time, and our leader ( translate that into german and see what you get) takes even more power than he already has; will we , again have ” the night of the long knives” ?
If that day comes, who will be the old yellow dogs? Not the jews this time, I think. Give yourself three guesses. Wouldn’t be the black man, nor any of those commies who have so quickly appeared. Oh! No, they will goose step right across america, in lock step. ” Achtung! eyes right, or perhaps recht. Remember caesar, ” you too Brutus” How about Ernst Rhome? ” You too Brutus”.
It’s not where we are on this road, at this moment that bothers me; it’s what is arround the next bend that scares hell out of me. RS

I can just hear the SS Stormtroopers banging on my door now. Good analogy!

Post your souces and facts and don’t commit such tirades on this site, OK? Believe me, I was a lot better off under Bush than with “Osama” in the White House. “Once we had Ronald Reagan, Bob Hope, and Johnny Cash. Now, we have Obama, no hope, and no cash!” Samurai.

I respectfully disagree with you…..if you think Bush was so bad…just you wait until Jan. of 2011 when BO lets the BUSH taxcuts lapse and your taxes go up. Also, you will feel the taxes that have come and are yet to come from BO and his Health Care reform, etc.
We have yet to see all of the mess he has created come to pass. Bush may not have been the most perfect President, but, he did better than anyone since Reagan. At the very least, he kept the Oval Office a place of honor and respect and he kept the USA safe from harm after 9/11. Anyone who actually believes that Bush caused the 9/11 attack is drinking too much of something. Let the man enjoy the rest of his years of retirement in peace. Besides, he will anyway…sticks and stones…..as they say.

Kinetic1..It is always easy to spot the nazi boot lickers when the comparisons of sobama and Bush come up. Have fun, bootlicker. If you are white, you will be on the first train car going the the natural gas showers that der fuhuer has ready