Buffet Wants You to Pay More Taxes

http://news.yahoo.com/stop-coddling-super-rich-buffett-084140678.html He may be a billionire willing to pay more taxes. He may also want every other billionaire to pay more taxes. But by his assumption that by taxing the SUPER Rich we can solve the trillions of dollars of deficit, he forgets to tell you one very important factor. The tax code does not single out JUST the super rich. It is an across the spectrum system. Therefore, when a deduction is removed for the so called super rich, it is removed for everybody all the way down the line. And when new taxes are imposed on the so-called super rich, they are imposed on everybody down the line. A person like Buffet has to be living in the heady clouds of eighty year old super billionaires to imagine that the Federal government is merely going to target the super rich. Instead, the will use the so-called super rich as a cover up to reach into the pockets of every working American in order to fund their derelict spending. If Buffet and his ilk want to, let them send a check to the IRS as a donation to the cause. But why does he insist that a person making three hundred thousand, (note that his taxes were almost seven BILLION) – why does he insist that a person making three or even five hundred thousand must pay up and pay more? You know it is nice when your neighbor says that it is YOU who should pay more. It is really easy for the other guy to point to the fellow next to him and say, “He should pay more.” My dad, who made about two hundred fifty a week maximum, and was forced out of business at age 56 without a pension or health insurance, always was very suspicious of people like Buffet who tell the government to tax more. He told me that the super rich indeed would only pay one of two percent more and that it would not hurt them at all, but, dad would say, the Feds will also trickle down that tax until I too am paying more and the effect will be that the super rich lose a percent but I lose fifty dollars and that fifty dollars is a lot more valuable to me than the percent is to them. He would say, “Hey, friend, keep your hand out of my pocket.”

Unelect the First Black President

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Obama-poll-York-negative/2011/08/12/id/407127?s=al&promo_code=CD47-1

Is America mature enough to un elect the first black US President? This post will probably get me into trouble. It shouldn’t but it probably will. None the less, the question needs to be asked because it is the truth. We elected the first black President of the USA. Now, are we mature enough to vote him out of office, not because he is black, but because we disapprove of his policies?

Should we Keep the Post Office

http://news.yahoo.com/postal-looks-cut-220-000-jobs-175217611.html

Some call it snail mail, some call it part of our national heritage. Some say we can do without it, some say it is part of our overall national defense system. What do you think? Is the American Postal system a model of democracy, a vehicle for even the least powerful and least wealthy of the citizenship to express itself. Or it an embarrassment of giant fiscal irresponsibility and very poor management? Should we build one less fighter jet, buy five less cruise missiles, or just stop the multi billion dollar attacks against Libya and funnel that money to “save” the US Postal System? Write and tell us what you think> We sure want to know.

Solutions for Libya.

USA stops ALL support for the Illegal Criminal Oil war aggression against Libya.

USA restores full diplomatic recognition of the legal and current government of Libya.

USA withdraws support for the crony Hague Courts Declaration of Gaddafi as a “war criminal”

USA refuses to support arrest warrant issued by that politically motivated court.

USA tells Sarkozy and Cameron it will introduce UN resolution in Security Council to end all bombing of Libya.

USA tells UN that it support UN humanitarian aid to NATO destroyed Libya.

USA flushes all State department and Defense department and Cabinet members who have war gamed this illegal war.

USA stops money to rebels in Libya, money which is siphoned into personal bank accounts of rebel leaders in France. Yes, that is where the rebel leaders have been, come from and to which they will flee when all of this is over.

This is not easy. It was a few months ago, when the USA would not have needed to do any of the above. But Obama has continued to dig the hole and widen the separation between Libya and the USA. Just 90 days ago, Obama could have stopped all of this carnage by simply refusing to be a part of the UN resolution. Even after his support for it, he could have stopped it by living the truth of his words instead of secretly continuing to do what he told the American people he was not doing. Now that Obama has withdrawn diplomatic recognition from Tripoli and given it to the insurgent forces, the USA has to go through third-party diplomats to even have a conversation with the legal government of Libya! Terrible fiasco by Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama. Maybe, “Joe the Plumber” would have done a better job?

Assad’s Syria Learned Not to Trust Obama and USA

Syria’s Assad may be a Dictator but he is not a fool. He knows better than to trust the USA and especially a USA under Obama. The USA had a deal with Libya and with Gaddafi and we reneged on the deal. The USA proposed to bring Gaddafi back onto the international scene in return for his giving up terrorism. He did. But we did not honor our promise. We told him we would sponsor his return to a recognized place in the world political order, if he would abandon any attempt at nuclear weapons. He did. But we reneged on the deal and branded him a criminal. We promised to lift trade restrictions and to resume normal relationships with Libya and Gaddafi if he would invest more in his country and less in himself. He did and instead, we betrayed him in the UN and attacked his new cities, his roads, building, TV stations, radio facilities, etc. In every instance where the USA made promises to Libya and Gaddafi under President Bush, the Obama regime reversed course and played Judas betraying every single promise made.

Well Assad, has eyes to see and ears to hear. He has a much stronger military and a much stronger hold on power. He does not trust the West and has ample reason for refusing to cooperate. He just looks to Egypt and sees the long time ally of USA, Hosni Mubarak, who was betrayed by USA and is now in a prison cage, like some sick monkey. Then he looks to Libya, whose country is in ruins, not because of Gaddafi, but because of months of daily bombing by UN condoned and NATO supplied attack bombers, and missiles.

The Obama support for this illegal and criminal war of aggression is disgraceful. The Congress must immediately stop all funding for this “oil war” which is severely hurting the Libyan people because they continue to support their legal government. Further, the Senators, like Mc Cain and Kerry who support this terrible colonialist imperialist war, should look at their own record and retract their war mongering support for this war of aggression. Lastly, the Departments of Defense and State should be warned by the whole Congress that the legally elected Representatives of the American people are not going to idly condone the misuse of America military assets, power, personnel and money in support of this egregious assault against the civilian population of Libya. And then, when we have rebuilt what we have destroyed, maybe in ten years or so, then we can be trusted again. After all, who can trust a liar?

Tea Party is good for America

I am the leader of several voluntary organizations. There is one thing that is fearsome, it is apathy. The worst thing that can happen to an organization is for nobody to care. When no one “gives a damn” then the organization is doomed. It’s terminal date has been written by the lack of involvement of its (nominal) members.
America is in trouble. But often organizations do their very best when they are challenged. The pressures of a crisis can cause an apathetic membership to shake off the stupor and rally to the cause.
The Tea party is a grass roots effort at rally. The people involved are not “kooks” or as the Brits accuse, “right wing nutters”. Rather, they are good citizens, working and retired Americans who care about their nation, see it floundering, and want to do their best to help. And the venue they choose is Political organization.
Why? Because they realize that public rally and political pressure are their only means of making a difference. And all of that is very good for America. I really don’t know the actual quote but it goes something like this, All that is needed for a free people to become enslaved is for them to do nothing.

Debt Crisis says that America is Alive and Well

http://news.yahoo.com/stab-debt-limit-deal-avert-us-default-204034740.html

Hooray, this article is not about dysfunction, it is not about childish games, it is not even about mere politics…rather it is about America and the indicators signal that the USA is very much alive and very healthy…yes, very healthy indeed!

All of this activity indicates that our people and our legislators and our leaders really do care about America. However, this writer still wonders about President Obama, since I see that his posturing and pontificating has left Mitch Mc Connell saying that Obama needs to finally indicate what he WILL sign and we are in the game. That is cynical on the President’s part and leaves him with just too, yes, too much power.

But today is a glorious day for America. It is because our legislators actually DO care about America. All of the political theater is a good thing. It means people are willing not to shout each other down but to demonstrate according to LAW that one side is not able to bully and cripple the other side. That is good for America.

Today is a glorious day for America because (as I address in a previous blog) The House Republicans were not betrayed by their Speaker. Instead, they were given their fair chance to thrown a legal punch at the other side. hooray for Politics because if one side feels helpless and disenfranchised then all is lost.

It may seem that all of this political theater is meaningless. But, I encourage you to see it as the most meaningful thing that we could ever be doing. How is that? It is because both sides are passionate. That is a good thing. Both sides believe they are right for America. That is a good thing. Both sides have ways to destroy the other side. And although they do a lot of dodging and weaving and feinting and jabbing, yet, they ULTIMATELY do not really want to destroy each other. And that is a very good thing!!

But there is another. He sits in a house called white and he wags his finger, and he preaches and he pontificates but has shown himself to be vacuous and duplicitous. And while the earnest partisans fight, he schemes and maneuvers and plans his next nefarious move. He does not love the game. He does not love the nation, He cares only about his own agenda and that agenda, surprisingly, may be to destroy the very nation over which he presides. Why destroy it? Because he does not love it.

Why Bother Trying When Obama and Reid are Going to kill it.

“The Republican legislation, sharply criticized by President Barack Obama, faces certain death in the Democratic-controlled Senate, where all Democrats have vowed to vote against it later on Friday.” This is a quote from a longer article by Associated Press on the Internet

Again and again this writer is amazed that the American people blame the Republicans for our debt problems. They are the only ones working very hard to solve the problems. And if my readers will be even a little fair minded, I am sure that you would agree that it seems meaningless to work hard to propose a solution in the face of withering criticism from President Obama with a promise of a veto and confronted by the constant refrain of “dead on arrival” by Senator Reid.

It is especially galling when both Obama and Reid keep getting on TV and saying compromise, compromise, compromise. But then go on to tell the press that they will do everything they can to destroy whatever it is that the Republicans propose. Actually, although I don’t like to say it, it seems to me that President Obama and Harry Reid are plain liars. They do not care about a solution, they care about their own particular solution. They don’t care what the House of Representatives want they only care about what the Democrats want.

How many Democrats in the house even tried to help pass the Boehner bill? And Harry Reid has already said that every single Democrat Senator will vote to kill the Boehner bill as soon as it is presented in the Senate. And then we read that it is all the fault of the Republicans!! Come on, Harriet!! At least the freshmen Republicans and Conservatives stood up for their principles and did not abandon their election promises. It seems that every single one of the Democrat Senators campaigned on one issue and it is the big issue for them, namely, defeat and destroy the Republicans- to hell with the nation. Shame on them.

White House MUST Stop Fear Mongering

The White House called the bill a non-starter. “‘Amend the Constitution or default’ is a highly dangerous game to play,” said press secretary Jay Carney, and Democrats said they would scuttle it as soon as it arrived in the Senate.

Once again we have the White giving a stereotyped lie to the American People. The part of the Boehner bill that regards the constitution is very simple, it is this:

That we the Congress of the US of America request each of the 50 State Legislatures to read, research, consider and vote upon a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution.

Such an action is very much the right of the elected representatives of the American people who are now serving in the House of Representatives of the US Congress.

The elected Representatives are not being fanatical, nor petulant, nor irresponsible. They are doing their job and by submitting the Balanced Budget Amendment to the American people they are asking the entire nation to read, research, consider and vote upon a crucial matter, namely, will we require the Federal government to have a budget and live within that budget or will we continue the enormous spending binge and thereby destroy our entire nation.

If 75 % that is 3/4 of the State Legislatures pass the Balanced Budget amendment it will become law. If not, it fails and nothing happens.

Jay Carney is a hired hand public relations press secretary for the President. He is not an elected official and therefore his opinions are not even to be considered when compared to the officially elected Representatives and Senators of the Congress of the USA.

Now is a time when we all must take our political responsibilities seriously and stay informed. We should not allow the sloppy reporting of our mass media press reporters to continue to mis represent the facts.

Tells Us What You Think. We sure want to Know.

http://news.yahoo.com/boehner-plan-embarrassment-040000090.html

I am including this interview with the leader of the largest tea party group. Please tell us what you think of the article. Warning, if you just going to rant, then don’t bother. We are interested in real and sincere political dialogue on this site. We are not a forum for rant, rave, name call, finger-pointing or other junk. But if you have a reasoned position let us know and we WILL publish it. You ask WHY do I have the warning? It is because on my call in shows on Blog Talk Radio, I get a lot of cranks who merely rage, rant and ridicule people. They are a waste of time. Not as people, of course. Everybody has an opinion. They have a right to theirs and if their opinion is that life is a rant, a rave, a rage and ridicule, fine. They can do that but not on my blog.