Tag: Congress

Obama Scolder and Demander in Chief

After last week’s talks broke down, US congressional leaders got a scolding from
President Obama Saturday morning and have been working steadily since then. They
hoped to be able to show enough progress by Sunday afternoon EST to avoid
spooking Asian markets, which open Sunday evening EST.

 

This comment on the wire services deserves comment.

Firstly, I am amazed that an US citizen would say that the President of the USA has the right to scold the elected Representatives of the Congress.  What are we?  Is Obama the big daddy and we the little wayward children?  That is absurd.

Secondly, what makes the writer think that Obama has some kind of edge here.  He does not.  As I remember the process, it goes like this:  The President proposes and the Congress disposes.  Obama has turned this upside down.  He demands that the House of Representatives produce a budget to which he will agree.  That is ass backwards.

Thirdly, the writer does not care to mention that there are no researched, written proposals on the part of the President or of his administration concerning the actual makeup of the budget.  All that Obama does is crack the whip, make demands, scold, wag his finger, complain and whine that the other guys are not carrying his load for him.

The President needs to stop being the preacher, the parent, or the teacher.  He needs to stop demanding, criticizing, blaming and name calling.  He needs to stop whining and get to work proposing actual money figures.  He needs to propose legislation in a legislation format.  Up til now, he makes a speech about something and then tells the legislators to get to work and turn his speech into actual practical possible legislation.  Hey,Mr. President, as you maybe have not noticed, but if you are as brilliant as your media friends say you are, then you should have noticed that your way of thinking and doing is false, phony and completely not doable.

The Republicans have worked very hard for America.  The put forward the Plan named “the way forward” AKA also known as the Ryan plan after US house of Representatives member Mr. Paul Ryan.  But instead of engaging this viable plan, Democrat Senator Harry Reid called it “Dead on Arrival at the Senate.”  That was months ago and if the Democrats did not like it they could have done their jobs by examining it, debating it, amending it and passing their own form of it .  This amended form would have gone to a joint committee of both the house and the Senate a compromise reached for the passage of a bill which would have raised the debt ceiling, made appropriate cuts, hemmed in spending and guaranteed the viability of Medicare and Social Security.  Instead the Democrat controlled Senate nixed it without debate and refused to compromise.

Then the Republican leaders tried to meet with the Democrats of the Senate but were refused because the price of admission set by Democrat Harry Reid was that the Republicans do it his way or they could forget about even meeting.

Then we get this Gang of Six bi partisan proposal which raises the debt limit for Obama and then merely directs, suggests and proposals possibilities for cutting US Spending.  Senator Rand Paul said that the Gang of six proposal was a bunch of crudely formulated suggestions for a way to get things done; a suggestion that others get to work in the coming year and figure this thing out.  He said on Sean Hannity that the so-called “Gang of Six” proposal is not in any way formatted as legislation.  By the way, this Gang of Six proposal was refused by Obama in December.

Then we have the House of Representative pass the Cap and Balance bill which also raised the debt limit and seriously address the 14 trillion dollar deficit.  Again the Senate did not debate the bill, nor seek to amend it and go to compromise committee but Democrat Senator Harry Reid marshalled his Democrat majority in the Senate and defeated it instead of engaging it, modifying it and compromising.

 

Meanwhile back at the White House we have the President engaging in an illegal war of criminal aggression against the people of Libya.  He is also playing B ball and golf and having parties at the WH.  And when he constantly since January 2011 reminded of the looming budget crisis he shrugs it off and blames everything on Bush and Boehner.

The President needs to get to work tonight to research, develop and propose a budget for the USA.  He does not have one and it will take him months to make one.  So the question is, “What Has Obama been doing?”  The answer, sadly, is that he has been doing and continues to do nothing.

Obama and Sarkozy Hate Gaddafi

http://news.yahoo.com/defiant-gadhafi-threatens-attacks-europe-172253923.html

The USA should not be allied with French Liar Sarkozy.  The people of the USA should not be seen as untrustworthy.  We gave promises to Gaddafi and then we reneged.  We said we would rehabilitate him in peace with the West and then we tried to murder him and his family.  Is the USA a Mafia State?  Are we criminal aggressors?  Are we two-faced traitors who give promises one day and then change our mind the next?  Who in the world could trust such a country?  The war against Libya is not viewed by the world as an effort to protect civilians.  It is seen as Obama and Sarkozy and Cameron attacking an Arab country that never attacked them.  It is seen as further evidence that the Obama Administration is not to be trusted.  It is seen as a war for oil.  I ask my readers to lay aside the stereotypes of Libyan leader Gaddafi.  I ask you to read the article without the prejudice of the New York Times and TIME magazine.  I ask you to play a game.  Just let yourself assume that the Libyans are telling the truth and the Europeans and Americans are lying.  Then review the facts, including todays revelation that French leader Sarkozy has been supplying weapons and advisors to the so-called “rebels” from the beginning. Email your Senators and Congress people to stop funding for the criminal war of aggression against Libya.

11 More Americans Dead in Iraq

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/26/501364/main20074517.shtml?tag=re1.channel

Let there be a brand new chant in the streets of USA.  It should be ” Get out of Iraq.”  The second chant should be “Get out of Afghanistan.”  And the third should be, ” Get out of Libya.”  This is not a call for isolationism.  It is a call for the survival of the USA.   Why should thousands have died to overthrown Saddam?  They should not have.  Why should we continue to bleed America of her fine young men and women?  We should not.  Let’s tell Obama and whoever we choose for the new President that we are finished with WAR.  We want the wars to stop. And that we require any future President to get a declaration of war BEFORE he commits our military to conflict.  That includes that the President should be hindered from the kind of wars we are engaged in and have been engaged in for nine years.  There is no way that any of these wars is for the betterment of humanity.  They are for killing.  I know that our very fine military have done their very best to bring democracy, better living conditions, better health and education to the areas in which they are fighting.  It is definitely not their fault.  They are the ones who have honor, dignity and who hate war the most. Afterall, protestors in USA and elsewhere do not die for their beliefs!  Soldiers bleed, are maimed and die.  So let’s not blame the messengers.  Let’s put it where it belongs on the politicians, including the Congress.  Let’s use the ballot box, which we say we are fighting to give to other nations like Libya and the like.  Let’s have a new President who refuses wars, calls home ALL of our military and focuses solely on repairing and healing a hurting America.

Repub. Make Right Decision on Budget Limit.

It was a hard call but the newly elected House Republicans made the right call and so did many good willed Democrats as they rejected the concept of raising the debt limit without requiring massive cuts in spending.  The newly elected House Republicans were sent to Congress by the Electorate and the message from the American people to the Obama Administration and to the entire Federal government was Stop the spending increases and cut the budgets of current and projected programs.  Congratulations.  You are true American Patriots.  No more compromises on the part of the House of Representatives with a Democrat administration that does not deal fairly, does not keep it pledges, does not take the House seriously.  The Constitution gives the House of Representatives the power of the purse and this writer believes that the majority of Americans are supportive.  It has been a tough week for the people as we wondered if the newly elected Republicans would collapse under Democrat and Presidential pressure? They did not and by voting as they did they have begun to establish again a Constitutional Republic as our founders and all generations until now have intended.  And as for Senator Harry Reid, Please stop being such a phony and lying on the floor of the Senate about how bad those terrible Republicans Reps are and how they will not compromise and how they will not cooperate.  Harry, remember your own words concerning the House proposed Ryan Plan.  You said it was “dead on arrival”.  I do not call THAT a spirit of compromise and cooperation.  Until the Senate Democrat party  starts working FOR America and not stupidly against Republicans, or until we replace the Dogmatic Democrats like Lautenberg and Menendez of New Jersey with genuinely patriotic Senators, nothing will get done to improve the everyday life of the citizens.

Democrat Use of “Divide and Conquer” Successful

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110525/ap_on_el_ge/us_medicare_stakes

The win by a Democrat of a usually Republican congressional seat in Upstate NY is testimony to the success of using a three party system to divide the electorate and win the vote for the Democrat candidate.

Although the campaign and the media analysis of it casts this win for the Democrats as a referendum on the Federal Republican party’s proposals to cut spending, by revising the Tax code to be sure the everybody must pay at least some federal tax, stimulate job creation by making it easier for the job creators to do business in the USA instead of overseas, curtail mandatory funding for free medicare care while protecting current medicare recipients the issue in the Rodchester-Buffalo district was actually decided by the entrance of a third-party candidate.  Jack Davis, was allowed onto the ballot by the election committee  as a so-called Tea Party Candidate.

Firstly, let’s address the issue of,  “Is there such a thing a the Tea Party Political party?”  This writer would say there is no such political party.   Allowing a third-party candidate into this election based upon the concept that the Tea Party populist movement is a political party is false.  It is not even a loosely confederated organization.  The Tea Party movement is instead, a very loosely affiliated group of patriotic American citizens who are demonstrating for limited and more responsive governance by Washington.

Secondly, if the election boards are going to allow a third-party candidate to run under the label of  a Tea Party Political party then such a defined and incorporated individual political party such be required to register itself as such in each State of the USA.  Otherwise, the electorate is given false advertising that they are supporting and voting for something called the Tea Party Political Party when such an organization does not exist.

The new Democrat Jane Hochul’s position that she wants to cut government spending but the Republicans want to cut Medicare in order to pay for tax cuts to millionaires is really a shameful use of fear, misinformation, lies and class warfare to gain personal political advantage and a two-year job for herself in Washington.

Let’s take the linkage issues apart.  The only legitimate proposal by the Republicans at the Federal level is the one proposed by Representative Paul Ryan.  It does overhaul and reform the current medicare system intending to protect current recipients 55 years old and over by putting the current system on actual financial foundations and not basing its funding on IOU’s taken from our children.  To say that the purpose or even the unintended result of the reform is to give tax breaks to millionaires is a lie.  (It may be a lie that over  55-year-old unemployed workers believed to true, but then shame on their ignorance and shame on those who won the race with old-fashioned political dung.)

The use of the class warfare issue is a standard dirty tactic lie by Democrats, very many of whom are multi millionaires or soon become multi millionaires as soon as they gain political office. The writer of this blog opposes setting one economic group of American citizens at war against another economic group of Americans.  Also, ample proof has been published showing that citizens who make millions of dollars yearly are paying for at least 80 % of the Federal government expenses.  Since the millionaires are the top five percent of the population, 95 percent of us pay for the remaining 20% of the expenditures.

All of the above being true, I still believe the use of the third-party candidate was the ingredient for winning.  It allowed conservative Republicans to vote for a non Democrat because they were frightened into worrying about their personal healthcare.  And the Tea Party banner, although not actually a viable political party,  allowed scared older Americans to fool themselves into believing that they still supported the Republicans while knowingly handing the victory to the Democrat.

The use of this third-party ploy was used by Perot against Bush 41.  It was the cause for the pre-emptive strike against Huckabee by a phony Donald Trump candidacy.  I believe another off-year NY congressional election used the same?  Anyone remember the details? Was it Gillibrand?  And now, it has succeeded in the Rodchester-Buffalo fiasco.  Look for more of the same.

Joe the Plumber and Rodney King for President.

This is a serendipity entry.  But I was thinking these thoughts, so I decided to share them.  We all remember these two guys, Rodney and Joe.  What ever happened to them when they no longer served the media interest? Rodney was beaten by the cops and his famous statement was, “…Can’t we all just get along?”  A worthy sentiment and one which I have considered often.  Rodney is not a Poet nor the son of a Poet, but his words ring true today as much as they did as he lay stricken and smitten on the pavement of that city.  Joe was a celebrity for a while because the conservatives found him a darling until , well until what?  Actually, I can only remember that he was an unemployed plumber who spoke candidly to candidate Barrrack Obama.  Where is he now?

Actually, like the media at the time, I too, am using them as symbols of something greater than themselves.  The symbol, I will pose in a question.  “Is it necessary for someone to raise one billion dollars in order to become the President of the USA?”

I do not mean that Joe or Rodney have the “right stuff” (whatever that is) in order to be President.  But I do mean to ask the question, “Are the American people smart enough to elect one of their own to be President?”  I infer by this that  all of our Presidents, let’s say from Franklin Roosevelt to Barrack Obama have been “groomed” to be President.  But I do not think that those who did the grooming were “ordinary citizens who went to work for a living, raised a family and attended the local church.”  Rather, they were and still are, the “big” people at corporate headquarters, or media headquarters, or news headquarters.  The pickers and the groomers of our Presidential candidates are the “big boys.  Yes, I do think that they are mostly men, although today there is a smattering of women.”

So what about the Joes and the Rodneys?  They are you.  They are us.  And they will never be President.  But there is one thing.  OUR VOTE.  At least for now, our elections are honest.  Therefore, the “would be’s” need us.  Can they count on you no matter what?  Are you a Teachers Union member or an AFL CIO member who the Democrats consider “safe”?  Are you black and therefore since 95% of you voted for Obama in 2008, the President considers you “safe.”  Are you a far left Liberal who supports Maoist political philosophy and quasi Communist social policy?  You too are taken for granted by the Incumbent.

But that still leaves the rest of us.  The pundits like to call us the “Independents.”  But they are wrong.  Most of us are either Democrats or Republicans, although we may not be declared.  Our difference from the safe people is that we actually do listen, we actually do ponder the various positions and we actually do have a personal political philosophy that is not defined by the Union, or the University, or the current political effete.

As we enter the presidential race, are we up to the task?  Will the independent Republicans allow themselves to be stereotyped and ghettoized by the libelous label of “tea baggers”? Will the independent thinking Democrats allow themselves to be taken for granted and goaded into a “plague on both houses” attitude which allows them to mechanically pull the lever for the President?  It all waits to be seen.  But can you imagine a real dark horse, who has a good heart and a good mind and a good soul and who has the innate ability to use the apparatus of government in order to make the right decisons?  Could such a one ever be President.  Many will answer,”No.”  But in fact, it is possible, because America is for now, a free land and the people really do decide.  So, let’s see what happens.  Maybe it IS the only thing that we can do.

Paul Ryan for President -But.

From the very first day I encountered Congressman Paul Ryan on TV I thought that he was definitely Presidential material.  Ever since, my estimation has grown stronger and deeper.  Representative Ryan is a leader that America needs.  I have written extensively in the previous posts to this article, so I will not repeat the reasons for my wholehearted endorsement.  However, I will add a warning.  Mr. Paul Ryan is not seeking the presidency and as the article cited stated, in my opinion, he will have to be dragged by an insistent public into the contest for President.  Why?  Because Congressman Ryan is a breed of steadfast Americans who regards public office as a privilege.  He serves at the will of the voters of his district and his loyalty to them and his deep respect for them as fellow citizens has sent him back to Congress term after term.  Yes, there are many congressman who are good but I believe that Representative Ryan has shown himself to be a notch above.  How?  Firstly, he is willing to listen to the needs, opinions and political philosophy of his constituents.  He may be a Republican but he considers himself a Congressman.  (Not the same as a Scott Brown Republican who puts Scott Brown in front of Republican.  Although I DO believe that Senator Brown is a good man and is representing Massachusetts very well.) Paul Ryan does not hedge on his political philosophy, his world view, his creeds or his values.  He holds them dear and fast.  But he holds them personally as the North Star navigating his life.  He may try to present his view to others but in no way does Paul Ryan believe that his way is the only way. (Unlike Obama who thinks of his political philosophy and methods of governing as the only TRUE way. Which Obama believes is apparent to all who are of the truth!!)  The rest of us are still clinging to our guns and our religion and believing in our police who act foolishly when they try to defend a citizen.

There is a lot more I will be saying in the coming months. However, in the title I intentionally placed the word “but”.  I did that because there is no way that a Congressman who is not seeking the Presidency for his own glory can effectively compete against a glory seeking incumbent President unless we who support Paul are there for him every painful inch of the way.  Obama says that he can raise one billion dollars (an obscene figure) to keep himself in the oval office.  Can we promise to Paul Ryan that we will do everything, and that includes our own money, to help him meet that challenge?  Obama has already shown how he can use tax payer dollars to fly himself around on Air Force One so he can campaign and raise money.  He was in NJ five times last year and this year twice in NYC.  Can we give Paul Ryan the logistical support he needs?  By logistical support I primarily refer to getting out the crowds to see him, “press the flesh” and listen to his message.  Obama does not need to pay for his daily exposure on TV.  All he needs to do is talk and he will have five minutes on every news program several times a day, plus front page photos of himself in every national and local newspaper plus extensive Internet blogging.  How are we going to help Congressman Ryan fight against that kind of automatic publicity?  Will even Fox new and the venerable Mr. Bill O Reilly promise that every minute given to Obama’s publicity will be equalled with coverage of Paul Ryan’s speech or stop over in (let’s say) Great Falls?

Paul Ryan is a man for American.  He loves America and he respects its people.  He will not bow to Saudi Kings and Japanese Emperors, (not matter what the ettique is).  He will act in the office of President with deep American values, a strong work ethic, a driving effort to set us on a financial foundation that will guarantee for current and for future seniors that the promise of a socially secure American will not be spent away during his Presidency.  But will he let us elect him?  That’s a big question.

Dems try the Divide and Conquer Ploy.

http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/JackDavis-teaparty-Boehner-JaneCorwin/2011/05/17/id/396738

The Republican party is a small party which is being made smaller by the independence of the Tea Party Movement.  Many of the Congressmen and a few Senators won their election by getting backing from members of the Tea Party Movement.  Now we read that this fellow Davis is able to have a “Line” at the ballot for the Tea Party.  Now, this writer does not know how he can get that since there is no political party called the Tea Party?!  What this trio seems to be is a classic political ploy by Democrats to divide the electorate and thereby guarantee the election of the Democrat.  In such a situation the voter’s of this heavily Republican area are either going to allow themselves to be fools by his cynical ploy and thereby revealing their foolishness or they will reject Davis and deal with the two legitimate candidates on the issues.  And the guy who indulged himself in silly affairs, well,  he was just a plain idiot.  But it is sad when leaders, like him and this IMF guy, think that they can have private lives while serving in a public position.  One of the perks of public jobs is that you are not allowed such a luxury.  Too bad that people who want to be private go public.  There must be others who can do a better job.  By the way, does anyone share my thought that Trump was a Democrat phony who took to the stage in order to dump Huckabee.  I find it absolutely unbelievable that Obama showed his Birth Certificate because Donald Trump (ARE YOU KIDDING) demanded it!!  I find it equally disturbing that Trump left the race for President as soon as he was sure that Huckabee was out?  It is all too staged for me.  It happened before with Ross Perrot and GHW Bush (41). Sad for America that this sort of thing is becoming the norm.