In April of 2010 I posted on my sign that Obama had surpassed Jimmy Carter as being the WORST President in history, and now it is confirmed. Most Presidents become LAME DUCK Presidents in the last two months of their presidency. Obama became a LAME DUCK President in November of 2010, when America spoke out at the poles because they didn’t like his policies and the direction he was leading the country. Now he doesn’t have the House under the control of Pelosi and the Senate is turning on Reid. He can’t get all the spending he wants, therefore he will end up as a TWO YEAR LAME DUCK PRESIDENT (and as long as he can’t spend money America will survive and eventually rebound a better country for it). The system was set up as TAX & SPEND (spend the money you have). Now the new way is SPEND—TAX—PRINT MORE MONEY & BORROW (then find more taxes to raise to TRY and pay for what was just borrowed). With over 200 BILLION/DAY going to China (just as interest–no principal) it just WILL NOT work. In my opinion having Obama as a two year LAME DUCK PRESIDENT will prove to be OUR BEST two years of his presidency.
As I sit here and listen to the Dumbocrats once again deny America its NATURAL RESOURCES, millions of GOOD PAYING AMERICAN JOBS as well as ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, their reasoning is that it would take years to get the oil out of the ground. That has been the excuse for 30+ years that I can remember. Imagine how many GOOD PAYING PERMANENT AMERICAN JOBS would be in existence today had it not been for that regressive negative attitude. All of these jobs would have come due to the investment of BILLIONS of FREE MARKET INVESTMENT not BILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS thrown down the drain searching for pie-in-the-sky GREEN JOBS at the cost of 80 MILLION DOLLARS/JOB.
When the original WILDCATTERS started drilling for oil it didn’t take years to extract the oil. When Andrew Carnegie started building steel mills it wasn’t with taxpayer dollars and the same goes for Henry Ford as well as all the other visionaries of the 19th and 20th centuries. Here it is the 21st century and the Commander and Spender as well as the Dumbocrats think the tax payers should finance the pie-in-the-sky-pipe-dreams of financial failure. Now ask the COMMANDER AND SPENDER where the GREEN JOBS are (hint—they’re GONE). Then ask when the taxpayers can expect the BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to come back (another hint—NEVER). Now demand Congress to investigate where all the money went and how it was spent (my guess is that they will uncover HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS skimmed off the top and buried), there isn’t any company that STUPID to lose that much money no matter how hard they try.
Just a short and quick comment on the SCARE TACTICS used by our CHIEF COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. He claims if the DEBT CEILING is not raised (especially under HIS terms), the possibility of social security and military checks may not be sent out. Now the way I see it–1st. our soldiers put their lives on the line 24/7 for our FREEDOMS as well as the sacrifices their families endure. 2nd. our seniors paid for those benefits and are entitled to them. And 3rd and most important of all I don’t hear him threatening to stop welfare checks to the FREELOADERS (they do nothing for those checks except BURDEN SOCIETY). If you cut out all the FREEBIES the budget would probably balance itself. Just something to think about. I would like him to hold up welfare checks so that we can hear from Jesse and Al. They have been VERY QUIET for so long (makes me wonder what benefits were passed for welfare recipients with all the new bills pushed through at the MIDNIGHT HOUR), I guess this will all come out in time.
On September 12th 2001 was the first of my signs’ and it read “DON’T STOP UNTIL THE BASTARD IS DEAD”, it was my feeling regarding 9/11. And now 9 1/2 years later “THE BASTARD IS DEAD” thanks to ALL of our armed forces that pursued this goal since 9/12. When you think about it all service men and women can take pride in this accomplishment. Regardless of where you served- Iraq or Afghanistan- the reason he ended up where he was is because of where YOU where, and he couldn’t roam around freely. And the GRAND FINALE was the GREAT MISSION of the Navy Seals along with the Intelligence that was accumulated. This is why America’s military is the BEST in the world. My hat is off to EVERY SERVICE MAN and WOMEN.
Now with all that being said I am slightly disturbed of the “POLITICAL CORRECTNESS” that our government ALWAYS feels it must follow. If I had anything to say about the “BASTARDS” funeral arrangements they would have been as follows:
- Make sure you have plenty of pictures of the BULLET HOLE in his head.
- Take the cowards body and soak it in PIGS BLOOD and wrap it in bacon and the white garb and dump it in the ocean.
- Have the news stations run this as many times PLUS ONE that America viewed the collapse of the towers.
That should be the way America disposes of the trash. The BASTARD is dead but it’s MALIGNANT TUMORS are still alive and SPREADING.
Just one short little paragraph of FACT in light of Obama’s solution on wiping out the NATIONAL DEBT on the backs of the so called “WEALTHY” ($200,000.00/year and up). Obama paid Federal Taxes for himself and his wife for the calendar year of 2010 TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $466,000.00 on a “REPORTED”income of just slightly over $1,700,00.00. That equates to LESS THAN 27 1/2%. Now he expects everyone earning over $200,000/year to pay more because “THEY CAN AFFORD IT”and it is their “MORAL OBLIGATION” (spreading the wealth). I guess those expectations don’t apply to COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS. Just one more chapter of BULL SHIT from the OBAMA DIARIES.
Here we go again with OBAMA wanting “REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH”. He claims that the “WELL TO DO” ($200,000 earners and millionaires) will be GLAD to pay more in taxes to help out the “LESS FORTUNATE”. I don’t know about you but I worked HARD all my life so I would not be “LESS FORTUNATE”, and I don’t need some AFFIRMATIVE ACTION-COMMUNITY ORGANIZER telling me what I think, and what I should do with the “FRUITS OF MY LABOR”. He wants to take my money and give it to a culture of “GENERATIONAL FREELOADERS” who think it is their “JOB” and “DUTY” to use their reproductive organs to have many children (which they cannot afford) the larger the family, the larger the welfare check. (and the term family is VERY MISLEADING because of the absence of a father).
Before raising taxes on $200,000 HARD WORKING AMERICANS maybe Obama should start with LARGE CORPORATIONS like his BEST FRIEND-JEFFREY IMMELT and GENERAL ELECTRIC that paid $0.00 in taxes using the loop holes created by Congress and the Lobbyists. Let us not forget that Jeffrey Immelt and GENERAL ELECTRIC closed American plants and moved jobs overseas, while he was hired by Obama to advise on “JOB CREATION”.So General Electric makes $5,000,000,000 (that is only what they claim,probably couldn’t hide any more) and some average hard working American working for his or her “AMERICAN DREAM” will get punished because LARGE CORPORATIONS have LOBBYISTS and WELFARE RECIPIENTS have COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS and CONGRESS. I am 65 years old (one of those BABY BOOMERS everyone talks about) and looking back at my life and assessing America based on what I was taught and read I have to believe that I grew up in AMERICAS BEST TIME and for that I am truly grateful. But what I have today is a result of my up bringing. My grandfather arrived (legally at ELLIS ISLAND at the ripe old age of 7 (seven) alone with his name pinned to his shirt so his “SPONSOR” could find him. He learned the language became a citizen, got a job,and later raised a family. Both of my parents believed you only get out of life what you work for. So once again I don’t need someone to tell me what I want to do for the “LESS FORTUNATE”. There is a BIG difference between someone falling on “HARD TIMES” for a period of time and “GENERATIONAL FREELOADERS”. Maybe it’s time Congress realized that also.
This is how that term is defined between the “Public Workers” and their “Unions”.
COLLECTIVE:
- Unions collect union dues.
- Politicians collect donations from unions and votes from public workers.
- Politicians collect taxes (used to pay off for the votes).
BARGAINING:
That is when the politicians pass out the taxes collected in the form of wages and OUTRAGEOUS benefits to those public workers that voted them in office, and the tax payer gets SCREWED.
Here is only one example of the mis-use of the benefits and wage package and how the taxpayer is getting screwed (that up until now workers didn’t pay a single penny into). Their pensions are based on their last one or two years TOTAL wages. It is also an unwritten law that “OVERTIME” in the last two years goes unchallenged and unsupervised. In a recent investigation Allegheny County Jail Guards in Pittsburgh Pa. worked enough overtime to “INCREASE” their pension “BY” $4000 /month. That’s correct –I said “INCREASE”their pension “BY” $4000/month on top of their base pension, plus their medical benefits. This PRACTICE goes on all over the country.
Do yourself a favor and check your own city, borough, township and state. Police (city, county, state, municipal, sheriffs) as well as firefighters work this benefit very well. There are some contracts that read when you work a scheduled day off it is at time and a half, even if you call off a regular scheduled day. That means 32 hours at straight pay and 8 hours at time and a half (for a 40 hour work week—they gain 4 paid hours pay for nothing). Another point to remember is when the ECONOMY takes a downturn (as in 2008) everyone retired in the private sector lost about 50% of their 401K (thus their lifestyle was forced to change), but the public sector retiree didn’t lose a dime because the tax payer is FORCED to pay the pensions with TAX DOLLARS, which are unfunded thus eventually taxes will have to be raised or services cut. And you wonder why governments want to modify “COLLECTIVE BARGAINING”.
Wisconsin Governor Walker remember 3 things:
- You made a “STAND”. Stay with it or you will be thought of as “WEAK”.
- All “WISCONSIN BUSINESS” should be done in the Capitol Building not at Denny’s.
- Remember in the movie “Hoffa”, the movie ended when Hoffa was waiting in the parking lot of a restaurant and he disappeared at the hands of “HIS TEAMSTER BROTHERS”.
Sitting here hoping the NFL will settle its contract so we can have a football season this year, I was planning my trip to Cleveland to watch the Steelers pound them into the turf. I also was considering buying an ALL ELECTRIC CAR with the price of gas climbing the way it is. So I looked at a Nissan Leaf at about $40,000 and where it can take me. The Nissan Leaf has been tested under the EPA Urban Dynamometer Driving Schedule, a laboratory test commonly called the LA4 test cycle, which represents city driving conditions. Top speed is 56.7mph. Since I will be on the turnpike these are the specs I can expect. On a “FULL CHARGE” at 55mph and the AC or heater on my range is “POSSIBLY” 70 miles before recharging (recharging takes 8 hours. Hoping I can find a charging station when I get that far). If it is raining my range will be less with the wipers running and if I’m driving into the wind the range goes down even more. The distance from Pittsburgh to Cleveland Stadium is about 145–150 miles. So hopefully I won’t need the AC or heater and its not raining or windy (unless its a tail wind) and this will be my day. Drive about 1 hour and 15 minutes—stop for an 8 hour charge, drive another 1 hour and 15 minutes and hope I make it to the stadium (or I’ll need another 8 hour charge). Assuming I make it to the stadium (on the first charge) I sure hope there is a charging station available. Now I plug my car in, go watch a 3 hour football game, come out and wait 5 more hours for the battery to fully charge. Drive 1 hour and 15 minutes stop for another 8 hour charge and drive another 1 hour and 15 minutes and I’m back home but can’t even go to the store until I charge the car again for 8 hours. In my Ford ranger (gas) the trip takes about 2 hours—-with the new “TECHNOLOGICAL ELECTRIC CAR” it takes 10 1/2 hours minimum to Cleveland And 15 1/2 hours minimum back to Pittsburgh (providing ALL conditions are perfect), I could make better time than that on a bicycle and save $40,000 along with saving the tax payers for my “ENERGY CREDIT”. Here’s a better comparison yet: My great grandfather who lived in Shaker Heights, a suburb of Cleveland Ohio and had a 1910 Model T Ford could make that same trip in roughly 5 hours—100 years ago. We’ve come a long way baby (or have we).
My suggestion to President Obama is simple: Start drilling domestically (this creates many GOOD PAYING JOBS) as well as lowers gas prices and quit wasting money on tax credits that don’t make sense. Giving tax credits for electric cars would be the same as giving tax credits for using 2 cans and a string to put down our cell phones. I think the only reason you’re not pushing for 2 cans and a string in your ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROGRAM is the fact that there is nowhere to “PUSH ONE FOR ENGLISH” SORRY but I don’t see myself as part of this “ELECTRIC CAR REVOLUTION”.
Before I start, understand I was a union member for a little over the first 10 years of my working life. I firmly believe that unions are only as good as the INTEGRITY of the members and their leadership. They have to know their limits, this allows co-existence. One of my first jobs after high school (1963) was with the Kroger Co. as a cashier/stock boy. I belonged to the retail clerks union Local 590 (for about 3 years) and at that time the retail grocery business was one of the better paying jobs (well over minimum wage–3.20/hr, while minimum wage was 1.00/hr). With that our truck drivers belonged to Teamsters Local 249 (Allegheny county in Pittsburgh) and their demands got so outrageous that the company moved its warehouse from Pittsburgh to Ohio in the late 1960′s. With this move they also closed about 30% of their stores in the Pittsburgh market and I got laid off. Soon to follow Krogers would be many other MAJOR EMPLOYERS. To name a few—- Thorofare, A&P, Armour Meats along with all meat packing plants in Pittsburgh, also fleeing Pittsburgh were all the main Freight companies (nearly every major trucking company under the jurisdiction of Local 249 fled to another county or another state).
Another industry dismantled by the union was the dairy industry in Pittsburgh Local 205 (that was the second union I belonged to–7 1/2 years). All the milk companies and all the baking companies, Tip Top, Ward, Schwebels, Nickels, Wonder, Braun, Liberty (I can’t remember the rest). This total dismantling of Pittsburgh’s trucking force took 7–10 years and the cost of 1000′s and 1000′s of good paying jobs as well as all the related jobs that fell due to the moves and closures.
At the same time this was unfolding the steel industry unions were also getting GREEDY and the BREAKING POINT would be a 13 week paid vacation every 5 years. Knowing that this benefit was going to be part of the contract steel companies stalled negotiations while setting up steel plants overseas and signed the new contract. Shortly thereafter USS announced it would be closing down about 80-90% of its operations across America and moving overseas (Pittsburgh taking a another MAJOR hit)…another case of 100′s and 100′s of thousands of jobs and the destruction of economies in cities all over America.
While the legacy costs of UAW contracts cause the price of UAW produced autos to be more than their foreign competitors America is now under siege with the LEGACY COSTS for government employees as well as teachers. Remember now—–back in the 60′s union membership was 20% + and now it is between 10-12%, and thru the last 50 year cycle the POWER and DEMANDS of unions first caused companies to relocate by county or state (where the unions were more friendly–not as demanding). Later they caused companies to relocate overseas (where there are NO unions). And now the union legacy costs tied with government employees and teachers without a doubt WILL BANKRUPT AMERICA !!!
This blog is not to be misunderstood as anti-union, but an eye opening comment as to what has happened, and is now happening as you read this little story. This is REALITY. As I did, take a few moments and think back to any and all BIG BUSINESSES that you grew up with, if they are gone (in most cases they are) ask yourself why and draw your own conclusions. While unions are good for workers, they MUST realize where they ultimately will hurt those they represent and act accordingly (this is for the benefit of all). JUST THINK ABOUT IT. For all those that think unions are declining because of the fall of percentages from 20%+ down to 12%, think again. The 12% is based on a much larger population that when their numbers were 20%, plus their dues are much higher. So if anything they are much stronger and that is why they never defend their lower percentage. SMART LIKE A FOX. Can’t we all just get along ?
In a follow up to my previous blog regarding the major bust when Homeland Security swept down and confiscated 1.5 million dollars in counterfeit Steeler Shirts. Maybe the new tactic for border security should be as follows: Ship counterfeit NFL shirts from China to Mexico and hand them out to Illegals crossing the border. This way when Homeland Security makes the bust to save the NFL royalties, America benefits by stopping an Illegal for each shirt retrieved. Kind of a TWO for ONE——–American security at a discount !!!!!!!!