Quick Post for the Day

There are so many articles and items from the day that I should be posting about. I mean the speech today? Does anybody remember the term "flip-flop"? Clinton would be proud of the level of avoidance that went on during today's press conference.

I apologize, I spent the evening at a business mixer hosted by WBAP 820 here in Arlington for the majority of the evening. It was a great start to building and helping to stimulate the economy and business discussions here in the DFW metroplex. There were a wide variety of individuals that attended, from those that provide jobs to those that were looking and those that were looking to help everyone in between. It was a great evening and an event that I hope provides a basis for additional mixers in the future.

Please let me know if you have questions about how this played out or how you might be able to make something happen like this in your own town.

Outside of all of this, I will try to put together a post this weekend about the speech, or among the many other things that have occured over the past couple of days.

FYI: Cap and Trade is set for vote on FRIDAY!!! CALL AND CALL NOW!!! This can not go through. You think it's bad now? This will crush the entire economy, even the states that haven't been hit as hard by all this crap.

When does it all change?

I was sitting here looking at all of the articles that I've bookmarked for postings (supporting information, new developments from the day, and all of the comments made back and forth between politicians), and while reading through them all I began to wonder, when does it all change?

What do I mean? Most politicians claim to be of the people, from the people, and a representative of the people, but how many of them do we really believe at this point?

Pelosi claims that the CIA lied, but has not been willing to provide any proof to support that fact. Frank blames everyone else for the Fannie and Freddie deals. Dodd says that someone else is to blame for the AIG bonuses. Murtha has an airport that only has flights to DC that averages 25-30 passengers per day. Before you say it, yes, these are all dems. There are Republicans that have the same issues, Alaska and the bridge to nowhere, conservatives that have affairs, and on and on.

So when did they lose it? When did they stop being representatives of the people? When did they forget the votes that got them to where they are?

Boxer cuts off a Brigadier General that is respectfully saying ma'am, to emphasize the position that she has acquired as a senator. She has "worked hard to get that title." Worked hard? Isn't she supposed to be working hard for the people that she represents and not splitting hairs with a man that is serving his country and providing a high level of respect to people that don't provide it in return?

I apologize if this comes across as bitter, but when did it happen that "We the people" turned into "We the senators and representatives"?

A Little Entitled? You be the judge.

A couple of good, quick articles.

A very interesting article regarding the support that the President is starting to loose.

Reality Check

And a couple of questions for those that still support him.

http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/browne/browne2.html

History Repeating Itself

I came across this link to You Tube over at The Constitutional Alamo and had to share.

A former Cuban living in America wrote the following letter, posted on YouTube, to the Richmond-Times Dispatch on July 7, 2008. Who to know better than someone who has lived what we are living?

Double standard in media? Well, not since it's state run.

When it comes to monitoring the administration, we used to have checks and balances within the government. We all know that no longer exists. Just look at how unconstitutional it was for the government to seize the auto manufacturers and banks and to dismiss the secured creditors despite multiple precedents regarding bankruptcy law and credit contracts.

So then, who do we turn to? Well, we used to be able to turn to the media. Historically "yellow journalism" and "sensationalism" was frowned upon and the facts were supposed to be supplied without a tilt, lean, or spin. I came across this article today and wondered "Did ABC get a bailout? Are they now under the same control as GM and others?" Here is the story as provided by Drudge Report, as well as another link to updates.

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/06/abc-turns-over-news-programming-to-the-white-house.html

UPDATE: ABC has denied the opportunity for alternative views to pay for advertising during the health care infomercial next week. You'd think they would want all the advertising dollars that they can get their grubby little hands on.

Thoughts?? Now, based on this it appears that this is a policy that is being promoted. Promoted through TV infomercials which ABC is getting really good at (Did any of you catch the Earth 2100? Global Warming Infomercial anyone?). ABC Site Examiner Article

But to the point, Obama recently traveled to Chicago to address the AMA (American Medical Association) regarding his scam, sorry policy.

Now, I understand presidential travel and the need to spend millions of dollars for security, WHEN NEEDED, but this trip seems a little unnecessary when we are all saving and skimping to make ends meet. Unnecessary, just like the trip that his wife took to take the kids sight seeing on the backup 757.

So why has no one written an article like this.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bush-soc-sec-roadshow-pushes-legal-limits

Why is this not under investigation. Where is the checks and balances? Why is this remaining completely unchallenged and researched?

Just one more example of the media's love for the Obama and the lack of respect for the american taxpayer.

How's that stimulus working out for you?

So you've lost your job. You struggle to find another job, resisting signing up for government assistance because your a little too proud. But, finally, to make ends meet, you bite the bullet and sign up. After standing in long lines, dealing with filling out forms in triplicate, you finally start to receive your benefits. Now, you're still struggling month to month, but with the help from unemployment and food stamps that you yourself have spent most of your life paying into, you finally can almost make ends meet.

Then along comes the stimulus package. Not read in entirety by anyone, passed in a matter of hours, and full of enough pork to feed everyone in the US BBQ, you now loose part of your benefits. Sound extreme? Read this and decide for yourself.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g9pNvSzDPSHoozyfN-vY-YbnPItgD98QVC100

So, the stimulus package that was supposed to help is now hurting unemployed individuals. It's now limiting the amount of government assistance that they receive because a small provision stating that the stimulus should not be used in calculating unemployment benefits was not included. Along the same lines as the fact that the tax code has not been adjusted to account for the additional $13/week that we all now "get" from the federal government. So why isn't this at the top of the list to put into law and adjust the tax code before the end of the year? My guess is that it doesn't matter near as much as the shoddy health care plan that POTUS wants to get passed. Health care....Do we really need the government to intervene in that area as well. Let's look at the government run services.

Post Office- Currently running with a major deficit ($2B lost during the last fiscal year) and discussing cutting back on delivery days and service. By the way, FedEx still runs six days a week.

DMV- Do I really need to state the obvious.

Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid- Each are on the verge of extinction and very few people younger than 40 believe that any of these programs will be around to help them when they retire.

Welfare- Let's see, a program that provides people with the means to not work, have kids, and receive a check. And we wonder why the level of work ethic within the US drops considerably year after year.

And the last point to keep in mind. Unemployment and food stamps are constantly evaluated by the government, but housing is only evaluated when the lease is renewed. Just wonder how many individuals are going to be kicked out of low income housing because they are no longer eligible.