This is a recent post by Associated Press about Obama's Big Slip
on National TV...
By NANCY BENAC, Associated Press Writer Nancy Benac,
Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 30 mins ago
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama concedes his words
— that a white police officer "acted stupidly" when he arrested
a black university scholar in his own home — were ill-chosen. But,
while he invited both men to visit him at the White House,
Obama stopped short of publicly apologizing for his remark.
The president personally telephoned the two men, Harvard
professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge, Mass., police
Sgt. James Crowley, in an effort to end the rancorous back-and
-forth over what had transpired and what Obama had said about
it. Trying to lighten the situation, he even commiserated with
Crowley about reporters on his lawn. Hours earlier, a multiracial
group of police officers had stood with Crowley in Massachusetts
and called on Obama to say he's sorry.
It was a measure of the nation's keen sensitivities on matters of
race that the fallout from a disorderly conduct charge in
Massachusetts — and the remarks of America's first black
president about it — had mushroomed to such an extent that he
felt compelled to make a surprise appearance in the White House
briefing room to try to put the matter to rest. The blowup had
dominated national attention just as Obama was trying to
marshal public pressure to get Congress to push through health
care overhaul legislation — and as polls showed growing doubts
about his performance.
"This has been ratcheting up, and I obviously helped to contribute
ratcheting it up," Obama said of the racial controversy. "I want
to make clear that in my choice of words, I think I unfortunately
gave an impression that I was maligning the Cambridge Police
Department and Sgt. Crowley specifically. And I could've
calibrated those words differently." The president did not back
down from his contention that police had overreacted by
arresting the Harvard professor for disorderly conduct after
coming to his home to investigate a possible break-in. He added,
though, that he thought Gates, too, had overreacted to the police
who questioned him. The charge has been dropped.
Obama stirred up a hornet's nest when he said at a prime-time
news conference this week that Cambridge police had "acted
stupidly" by arresting Gates, a friend of the president's. Still,
Obama said Friday he didn't regret stepping into the controversy
and hoped the matter would end up being a "teachable moment"
for the nation.
"The fact that this has garnered so much attention, I think, is
testimony to the fact that these are issues that are still very
sensitive here in America," Obama said.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Anybody ready to Petition Pelosi...
I heard in the news today that some of the House and Senate Democratic members are wanting Pelosi to step down. She has been an embarassment to her party and this country.
You know I thought about starting a petition of about 10,000 signatures to have Pelosi step down and send it in to Washington.
What do you think? Any takers?
You know I thought about starting a petition of about 10,000 signatures to have Pelosi step down and send it in to Washington.
What do you think? Any takers?
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
HealthCare Reform
Here is a link where you can go to check out this healthcare reform
bill for yourself. Read it and come to your own conclusions.
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text
I have been told this is not the only healthcare reform bill out there. The original has over 1,000 pages. I think there are 3 or more.
We feel that we do need healthcare reform, but not this one!
Did You Know Your Politician Can Be Sued!
What is Political Malpractice?
Political malpractice is an instance of negligent or unethical conduct
on the part of an elected official. Like medical malpractice and legal
malpractice, political malpractice involves a breach of duty, and a
failure to offer professional services as expected. Political mal-
practice usually hurts the taxpayers and citizens whom the politician
is accountable to. This term is often thrown around pejoratively in
political rhetoric, with politicians accusing opponents of “malpractice”
when they really just mean that their opponents have made
controversial decisions.
There are a number of different kinds of political malpractice. The most
innocent, though not necessarily the least harmful, is negligence. If a
politician fails to fully review a bill, for example, and it later
turns out to be a disaster, this could be viewed as negligence by the
voters. Negligence is sometimes paired with incompetence, an inability
to perform the job. When a politician fails to adhere to an expected
standard of behavior, this can also be viewed as political malpractice.
On the more sinister end of things, political malpractice can involve
improper or unethical conduct undertaken deliberately. Accepting bribes
is a form of political malpractice, as are other activities which
demonstrate favoritism to particular constituents or organizations. In
some cases, this type of political malpractice can result in criminal
charges for corruption.Citizens rely on their elected officials to
advocate for them in legislative bodies, and to make good choices which
will benefit their communities. When politicians fail to hold up their
end of the bargain, this can have unfortunate consequences for the
citizens. An accusation of political malpractice indicates that citizens
are deeply unhappy with the way in which a politician has handled a
situation, and it can threaten a political career.
In some cases, political malpractice can be the grounds for a tort suit.
In the law, a tort is a civil wrong, and if proved, such a suit can
result in fines and other consequences for the convicted party. When the
citizens feel that they have experienced direct harm as a result of
political malpractice, many nations allow them to bring suit against
their elected officials to recover damages or remove those officials from
office. Citizens can also petition their elected officials to lobby for
the removal of a superior, such as a President or Prime Minister.
Discuss this Article
How about suing for violation of their oath which they swear to "defend
and protect" the constitution.--John Flinn
In other words they could be taken to court and sued for not reading the
billsthat they are given to read. If this Healthcare Reform is put in
place and fails-we have a right to sue and get a petition going to take
them out of office. Wow that is some interesting piece of News isn't it...
What is a Petition?
A petition is a formal written document which is submitted to an
authority in an attempt to get that authority to accede to a request.
Typically, a written petition is signed by multiple people, indicating
that a large group of people supports the request detailed in the
petition. In some countries, the right to petition members of government
is protected by law; many of these countries have legal systems based
on the English legal system, which has a right to petition dating back
to the Magna Carta.
Politically, a petition can be used to get an initiative on the ballot
in some countries, assuming that enough people sign the ballot. In the
United States, voter originated initiatives are common on many ballots,
and they cover a diverse array of issues which the authors of the
petition feel are not being addressed by figures in government. Petitions
can also be used in an attempt to repeal laws or to recall elected
officials. In other cases, petitions may be used for community appeals;
a group of people who wants an off-leash dog park, for example, might
create a petition to bring to a city council meeting for the members
to consider.
Here is the site if you want more info on Political malpractice.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-political-malpractice.htm
Political malpractice is an instance of negligent or unethical conduct
on the part of an elected official. Like medical malpractice and legal
malpractice, political malpractice involves a breach of duty, and a
failure to offer professional services as expected. Political mal-
practice usually hurts the taxpayers and citizens whom the politician
is accountable to. This term is often thrown around pejoratively in
political rhetoric, with politicians accusing opponents of “malpractice”
when they really just mean that their opponents have made
controversial decisions.
There are a number of different kinds of political malpractice. The most
innocent, though not necessarily the least harmful, is negligence. If a
politician fails to fully review a bill, for example, and it later
turns out to be a disaster, this could be viewed as negligence by the
voters. Negligence is sometimes paired with incompetence, an inability
to perform the job. When a politician fails to adhere to an expected
standard of behavior, this can also be viewed as political malpractice.
On the more sinister end of things, political malpractice can involve
improper or unethical conduct undertaken deliberately. Accepting bribes
is a form of political malpractice, as are other activities which
demonstrate favoritism to particular constituents or organizations. In
some cases, this type of political malpractice can result in criminal
charges for corruption.Citizens rely on their elected officials to
advocate for them in legislative bodies, and to make good choices which
will benefit their communities. When politicians fail to hold up their
end of the bargain, this can have unfortunate consequences for the
citizens. An accusation of political malpractice indicates that citizens
are deeply unhappy with the way in which a politician has handled a
situation, and it can threaten a political career.
In some cases, political malpractice can be the grounds for a tort suit.
In the law, a tort is a civil wrong, and if proved, such a suit can
result in fines and other consequences for the convicted party. When the
citizens feel that they have experienced direct harm as a result of
political malpractice, many nations allow them to bring suit against
their elected officials to recover damages or remove those officials from
office. Citizens can also petition their elected officials to lobby for
the removal of a superior, such as a President or Prime Minister.
Discuss this Article
How about suing for violation of their oath which they swear to "defend
and protect" the constitution.--John Flinn
In other words they could be taken to court and sued for not reading the
billsthat they are given to read. If this Healthcare Reform is put in
place and fails-we have a right to sue and get a petition going to take
them out of office. Wow that is some interesting piece of News isn't it...
What is a Petition?
A petition is a formal written document which is submitted to an
authority in an attempt to get that authority to accede to a request.
Typically, a written petition is signed by multiple people, indicating
that a large group of people supports the request detailed in the
petition. In some countries, the right to petition members of government
is protected by law; many of these countries have legal systems based
on the English legal system, which has a right to petition dating back
to the Magna Carta.
Politically, a petition can be used to get an initiative on the ballot
in some countries, assuming that enough people sign the ballot. In the
United States, voter originated initiatives are common on many ballots,
and they cover a diverse array of issues which the authors of the
petition feel are not being addressed by figures in government. Petitions
can also be used in an attempt to repeal laws or to recall elected
officials. In other cases, petitions may be used for community appeals;
a group of people who wants an off-leash dog park, for example, might
create a petition to bring to a city council meeting for the members
to consider.
Here is the site if you want more info on Political malpractice.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-political-malpractice.htm
GOP Congressman:
Not Enough Time To Read Health Care Reform Bill
Posted by Staff on July 17, 2009
Share This By Joseph Russell-Talk Radio News Service Rep. Paul Ryan
(R-Wis.) was admittedly blurry eyed when he addressed a group from
the Better Health Bloggers on Friday. Ryan was up all night on
Capitol Hill finalizing the House Ways and Means Committee version
of the health care reform. “It’s a bill that none of us read because
we couldn’t read it possibly in the time allotted, and we have no
idea what it costs. Nevertheless, the bill is out of the Ways and
Means Committee on its way to the House floor,” said Ryan.
Ryan addressed the Better Health Bloggers as part of a nation wide
campaign for physicians to support patients’ rights. Ryan asked for
support of the “Patient’s Choice Act,” which reforms health care by
strengthening the relationship between doctors and patients while
opening competition to contain costs, rather than raising the
possibility of government rationing and restrictions. Ryan said
under his bill “more uninsured Americans can be covered by spending
current dollars more wisely and more efficiently, than throwing
trillions more at the problem.” Dr. Val Jones created Better Health,
a network of popular health bloggers, to support and promote health
care professional’s views on reform, science, research, and care,
through blogs.
Today At TRNS GOP Congressman Says Republican Approved Patient’s
Choice Act Is More Effective Than Current Proposal You can leave a
response, or trackback from your own site.
3 Responses to “GOP Congressman: Not Enough Time To Read Health
Care Reform Bill”
1. Brittancus Says:
July 17th, 2009 at 2:42 pm CHOOSING THE USUAL PROFITING
INSURANCE COMPANY, OR CHOOSING GOVERNMENT PLAN SHOULD
BE UP TO AMERICANS?
The deciding factor in implementing health care for everybody–
LEGALLY–in America, is the Publics voice? Those who want to just
follow the same old road, can do so with the profit taking commercial
insurance. Those who would be satisfied with a government run health
care program, can now start demanding it from the lawmakers. Those
who see a Universal health care system, similar to most developed
countries in Europe, should start informing every Representative
and Senate politician starting today. Rationing in places like
England, was caused by the major impact of uncontrolled immigration.
Most American working class can do–without– high premiums, pre-
existing condition clauses. deductibles, co-pays that is representa-
tive of the wealthy medical care insurers. Whatever pertains to your
family, you should start ruffling the indifferent feathers of the
people in Washington at 202-224-3121
Just like illegal immigration , we cannot afford anymore to subsidize
the business that hire them or the millions of illegal families.
2. DemocracyGirl Says:
July 19th, 2009 at 11:55 am
THERE IS NO RIGHT TO CHOOSE. Read the actual bill. It takes away
your right to choose whether you want to be in the private or govt
plan. If you are in the private, lose your job and go on the govt
plan, you can’t EVER go back to the private plan. And, America has
worse IRRESPONSIBLE, UNCONTROLLED immigration as those countries
in Europe where there is rationing. Canada has rationing–it takes
a month to get a CT scan in Canada on average. Our Government has
not done that well running Medicare and Medicaid. When they can
actually run that effectively, maybe I would consider letting the
government run a health care program for everyone. But, their track
record just doesn’t do it for now.
3. Roundup: Reactions to Putting Patients First
See First Blog Says: July 20th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Talk Radio News Service
Posted by Staff on July 17, 2009
Share This By Joseph Russell-Talk Radio News Service Rep. Paul Ryan
(R-Wis.) was admittedly blurry eyed when he addressed a group from
the Better Health Bloggers on Friday. Ryan was up all night on
Capitol Hill finalizing the House Ways and Means Committee version
of the health care reform. “It’s a bill that none of us read because
we couldn’t read it possibly in the time allotted, and we have no
idea what it costs. Nevertheless, the bill is out of the Ways and
Means Committee on its way to the House floor,” said Ryan.
Ryan addressed the Better Health Bloggers as part of a nation wide
campaign for physicians to support patients’ rights. Ryan asked for
support of the “Patient’s Choice Act,” which reforms health care by
strengthening the relationship between doctors and patients while
opening competition to contain costs, rather than raising the
possibility of government rationing and restrictions. Ryan said
under his bill “more uninsured Americans can be covered by spending
current dollars more wisely and more efficiently, than throwing
trillions more at the problem.” Dr. Val Jones created Better Health,
a network of popular health bloggers, to support and promote health
care professional’s views on reform, science, research, and care,
through blogs.
Today At TRNS GOP Congressman Says Republican Approved Patient’s
Choice Act Is More Effective Than Current Proposal You can leave a
response, or trackback from your own site.
3 Responses to “GOP Congressman: Not Enough Time To Read Health
Care Reform Bill”
1. Brittancus Says:
July 17th, 2009 at 2:42 pm CHOOSING THE USUAL PROFITING
INSURANCE COMPANY, OR CHOOSING GOVERNMENT PLAN SHOULD
BE UP TO AMERICANS?
The deciding factor in implementing health care for everybody–
LEGALLY–in America, is the Publics voice? Those who want to just
follow the same old road, can do so with the profit taking commercial
insurance. Those who would be satisfied with a government run health
care program, can now start demanding it from the lawmakers. Those
who see a Universal health care system, similar to most developed
countries in Europe, should start informing every Representative
and Senate politician starting today. Rationing in places like
England, was caused by the major impact of uncontrolled immigration.
Most American working class can do–without– high premiums, pre-
existing condition clauses. deductibles, co-pays that is representa-
tive of the wealthy medical care insurers. Whatever pertains to your
family, you should start ruffling the indifferent feathers of the
people in Washington at 202-224-3121
Just like illegal immigration , we cannot afford anymore to subsidize
the business that hire them or the millions of illegal families.
2. DemocracyGirl Says:
July 19th, 2009 at 11:55 am
THERE IS NO RIGHT TO CHOOSE. Read the actual bill. It takes away
your right to choose whether you want to be in the private or govt
plan. If you are in the private, lose your job and go on the govt
plan, you can’t EVER go back to the private plan. And, America has
worse IRRESPONSIBLE, UNCONTROLLED immigration as those countries
in Europe where there is rationing. Canada has rationing–it takes
a month to get a CT scan in Canada on average. Our Government has
not done that well running Medicare and Medicaid. When they can
actually run that effectively, maybe I would consider letting the
government run a health care program for everyone. But, their track
record just doesn’t do it for now.
3. Roundup: Reactions to Putting Patients First
See First Blog Says: July 20th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Talk Radio News Service
President Obama's Conference Call with Liberal Bloggers:
This is a Liberal Blog CrooksandLiars that President Obama attended.
Comments in ( ) are mine.
Blogger: John Amato asks Congress to work through the August recess
By John Amato Monday Jul 20, 2009 3:32pm
President Obama wanted to tell us directly what's going on..
He wants the bill to be strong with an excellent public option.
The status quo is unacceptable for Americans as premiums are
skyrocketing.. (So is government spending skyrocketing)
Doing nothing is defending the indefensible. Opponents are offering
up nothing and admit that they are just trying to stop it. He
mentioned Jim DeMint and Bill Kristol as examples of obstructionism.
Liberal Bloggers have done an excellent job of debunking right
wing myths... Bloggers have played and will play a critical role in
passing legislation... Record deficits is a myth. He inherited this
deficit and it's not an excuse for inaction... (Yeah he inherited
some, but he is making it worse)
It's important to keep pressure on members of Congress...
(Yeah, they could be voted out-we still have our votes and voices)
Sam Stein of Huff Po: Obama Calls On Bloggers To Keep Health Care
Pressure On Congress "I know the blogs are best at are debunking
myths that can slip through a lot of the traditional media outlets,"
he said. "And that is why you are going to play such an important
role in our success in the weeks to come." Very pleased that
Bloggers have been letting Congress know all about the desperation
Americans are feeling and that's been critical.
(Scared about job situation, the bill can wait a few weeks-we need jobs)
And he wants us to keep up the pressure on Congress and the media.
Doesn't want to wait.
Amato: My question is, now we have these, we'll call them conservative
democrats (they have got to be kidding) joining with some republicans
in wanting to delay the bill (we need reformed healthcare, but we don't
need to rush through it-they need to read it)and saying that they need
more time to go over it and actually read it. My question to you is will
you ask Congress to forgo their August recess and work this bill out
because while they're taking a vacation, millions of Americans are either
losing their health care or are about to go bankrupt because of health
care issues. (about to go bankrupt due to no jobs-that's priority)
So if they're going to whine about not having enough time then they
should act like real Americans and work during August.
President Obama: Well, here's what I've said. We cannot delay any
longer. If people keep on saying "what's the rush? We've been debating
this for fifty years. (so a few more weeks or months won't hurt) We've
been talking about health care reform throughout the campaign. The
day after I was elected we started contacting key leaders in Congress
about the fact that this was going to be #1 domestic priority. All
these committees have been meeting, all the experts have been talking
and knows the time to make tough decisions. I understand that people
want to put off tough decisions, but ultimately we can move the process
forward in which all the options have been considered and we go ahead
and make smarter choices that provide the American people with more
security, (more security with jobs) greater options as well as bending
the cost curve over the long term and I'm confident that we can achieve
that on the timeline that I put forward.
John Amato: I agree, will you then make them give us a bill before
the August recess?
President Obama: We are working as hard as we can and I've told
Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi that it is critical that we see serious
forward motion before people leave. Alright?
He dodged the question
Mon, 07/20/2009 - 16:32 — ConcernedCanuck
But gives great rhetoric speeches!! Everything this man has done since
the swearing in, seems to be the exact opposite of what he is saying.
He has the gift of the speech, that's for sure.
I like him, and his family but let's face it
Mon, 07/20/2009 - 16:43 — Evet
it ain't happening. (Yet)
Read and read well...
Mon, 07/20/2009 - 16:37 — Captain Kangaroo
I think the White House is reading this so here I go...
Forget about bipartisanship. The Republicans will never play along.
THAT IS OBVIOUS! Give it lip service but then forget about it. Get the
Blue Dogs and tell them they better get on board or they will not have
any help, none, when it's time for reelection. Let them know that if
they get defeated in an election because they backed a Democratic bill
you, the White House will be sure that they get a good job because they
put their old one on the line. And absolutely do not settle for some
bullshit plan that the Republicans think is alright.
Look, Their talking points say it all. And NEVER forget what Jim DeMint
said becasue it is their philosophy. They are only out to defeat you.
Nothing else will do for them.
Comments in ( ) are mine.
Blogger: John Amato asks Congress to work through the August recess
By John Amato Monday Jul 20, 2009 3:32pm
President Obama wanted to tell us directly what's going on..
He wants the bill to be strong with an excellent public option.
The status quo is unacceptable for Americans as premiums are
skyrocketing.. (So is government spending skyrocketing)
Doing nothing is defending the indefensible. Opponents are offering
up nothing and admit that they are just trying to stop it. He
mentioned Jim DeMint and Bill Kristol as examples of obstructionism.
Liberal Bloggers have done an excellent job of debunking right
wing myths... Bloggers have played and will play a critical role in
passing legislation... Record deficits is a myth. He inherited this
deficit and it's not an excuse for inaction... (Yeah he inherited
some, but he is making it worse)
It's important to keep pressure on members of Congress...
(Yeah, they could be voted out-we still have our votes and voices)
Sam Stein of Huff Po: Obama Calls On Bloggers To Keep Health Care
Pressure On Congress "I know the blogs are best at are debunking
myths that can slip through a lot of the traditional media outlets,"
he said. "And that is why you are going to play such an important
role in our success in the weeks to come." Very pleased that
Bloggers have been letting Congress know all about the desperation
Americans are feeling and that's been critical.
(Scared about job situation, the bill can wait a few weeks-we need jobs)
And he wants us to keep up the pressure on Congress and the media.
Doesn't want to wait.
Amato: My question is, now we have these, we'll call them conservative
democrats (they have got to be kidding) joining with some republicans
in wanting to delay the bill (we need reformed healthcare, but we don't
need to rush through it-they need to read it)and saying that they need
more time to go over it and actually read it. My question to you is will
you ask Congress to forgo their August recess and work this bill out
because while they're taking a vacation, millions of Americans are either
losing their health care or are about to go bankrupt because of health
care issues. (about to go bankrupt due to no jobs-that's priority)
So if they're going to whine about not having enough time then they
should act like real Americans and work during August.
President Obama: Well, here's what I've said. We cannot delay any
longer. If people keep on saying "what's the rush? We've been debating
this for fifty years. (so a few more weeks or months won't hurt) We've
been talking about health care reform throughout the campaign. The
day after I was elected we started contacting key leaders in Congress
about the fact that this was going to be #1 domestic priority. All
these committees have been meeting, all the experts have been talking
and knows the time to make tough decisions. I understand that people
want to put off tough decisions, but ultimately we can move the process
forward in which all the options have been considered and we go ahead
and make smarter choices that provide the American people with more
security, (more security with jobs) greater options as well as bending
the cost curve over the long term and I'm confident that we can achieve
that on the timeline that I put forward.
John Amato: I agree, will you then make them give us a bill before
the August recess?
President Obama: We are working as hard as we can and I've told
Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi that it is critical that we see serious
forward motion before people leave. Alright?
He dodged the question
Mon, 07/20/2009 - 16:32 — ConcernedCanuck
But gives great rhetoric speeches!! Everything this man has done since
the swearing in, seems to be the exact opposite of what he is saying.
He has the gift of the speech, that's for sure.
I like him, and his family but let's face it
Mon, 07/20/2009 - 16:43 — Evet
it ain't happening. (Yet)
Read and read well...
Mon, 07/20/2009 - 16:37 — Captain Kangaroo
I think the White House is reading this so here I go...
Forget about bipartisanship. The Republicans will never play along.
THAT IS OBVIOUS! Give it lip service but then forget about it. Get the
Blue Dogs and tell them they better get on board or they will not have
any help, none, when it's time for reelection. Let them know that if
they get defeated in an election because they backed a Democratic bill
you, the White House will be sure that they get a good job because they
put their old one on the line. And absolutely do not settle for some
bullshit plan that the Republicans think is alright.
Look, Their talking points say it all. And NEVER forget what Jim DeMint
said becasue it is their philosophy. They are only out to defeat you.
Nothing else will do for them.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
ACORN Cracked
Best-selling author and Fox News analyst Dick Morris calls ACORNcracked.com a “one-stop clearinghouse to gain important intelligence on ACORN. It is a useful resource in exposing ACORN and its agenda unlike anything I've seen."
If you like what ACORN did to create the housing credit crisis, you’ll love how its leaders want to create health care “equality.” Visit ACORNcracked.com to learn more about ACORN’s radical agenda for America, its bankrollers and allies, and its lurid plans for the American health care system.
Help Stop ACORN-style Socialized Medicine!
The sad truth is that a radical, left-wing organization like ACORN is actually affecting public policy, pushing America further down the slippery slope toward European-style socialism. ACORN alumni like President Obama and White House Director of Public Affairs Patrick Gaspard are busy enacting the organization’s agenda, beginning with health care.
ACORNcracked.com is designed to keep a finger on the pulse of this type of activity and alert the American people and media.
Help Us Get The Word Out!
The new website exposes ACORN’s history, which has resulted in lawsuits in 14 states involving alleged election law violations. It also examines the group’s continued campaigns against American companies, its financial supporters within the federal government, and its breathtaking strategy of seizing and occupying private property.
Help Us Expose ACORN-style Shakedowns of American Companies!
ACORN gets away with it because our elected leaders look the other way.
Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) recently promised Americans he would investigate ACORN, but flip-flopped two months later, saying the “powers that be” blocked it.
We demand to know the identity of the “powers that be” that would block such a sensible inquiry. They obviously exist within the federal establishment, as the money trail tells us. According to Fox News, ACORN has secured “upwards of $53 million in federal grants since the early 90s.” And what ACORN activities are funded with that money? As you’ll find on ACORNcracked.com, they repossess foreclosed homes by breaking in, trespassing and encouraging people to illegally squat there.
In Baltimore, an ACORN member proudly cut the padlock off a foreclosed home in front of local TV cameras and proclaimed, “This is our house now!”
Activities of this kind, supported by the “powers that be,” can only continue if the American people turn the other cheek. We need your help to continue exposing ACORN, its agenda and its allies.
There is a growing body of research regarding ACORN, shining light on the questionable activities of the organization, but no single clearinghouse for all of the accumulated information. That’s what ACORNcracked.com is designed to be.
And the more financial resources that the site can gather, the more ammunition we at the Education Action Fund will have to further investigate and expose ACORN’s alarming misuse of the public funds it receives.
An Allegheny County judge recently ordered 7 former ACORN workers to stand trial in connection with “elections law violations. “Somebody has to go after ACORN,” Senior District Judge Richard H. Zoller said, according to the Tribune-Review. “We will,” was the reply from a county detective.
We will, too, your honor.
Thank you...
If you like what ACORN did to create the housing credit crisis, you’ll love how its leaders want to create health care “equality.” Visit ACORNcracked.com to learn more about ACORN’s radical agenda for America, its bankrollers and allies, and its lurid plans for the American health care system.
Help Stop ACORN-style Socialized Medicine!
The sad truth is that a radical, left-wing organization like ACORN is actually affecting public policy, pushing America further down the slippery slope toward European-style socialism. ACORN alumni like President Obama and White House Director of Public Affairs Patrick Gaspard are busy enacting the organization’s agenda, beginning with health care.
ACORNcracked.com is designed to keep a finger on the pulse of this type of activity and alert the American people and media.
Help Us Get The Word Out!
The new website exposes ACORN’s history, which has resulted in lawsuits in 14 states involving alleged election law violations. It also examines the group’s continued campaigns against American companies, its financial supporters within the federal government, and its breathtaking strategy of seizing and occupying private property.
Help Us Expose ACORN-style Shakedowns of American Companies!
ACORN gets away with it because our elected leaders look the other way.
Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) recently promised Americans he would investigate ACORN, but flip-flopped two months later, saying the “powers that be” blocked it.
We demand to know the identity of the “powers that be” that would block such a sensible inquiry. They obviously exist within the federal establishment, as the money trail tells us. According to Fox News, ACORN has secured “upwards of $53 million in federal grants since the early 90s.” And what ACORN activities are funded with that money? As you’ll find on ACORNcracked.com, they repossess foreclosed homes by breaking in, trespassing and encouraging people to illegally squat there.
In Baltimore, an ACORN member proudly cut the padlock off a foreclosed home in front of local TV cameras and proclaimed, “This is our house now!”
Activities of this kind, supported by the “powers that be,” can only continue if the American people turn the other cheek. We need your help to continue exposing ACORN, its agenda and its allies.
There is a growing body of research regarding ACORN, shining light on the questionable activities of the organization, but no single clearinghouse for all of the accumulated information. That’s what ACORNcracked.com is designed to be.
And the more financial resources that the site can gather, the more ammunition we at the Education Action Fund will have to further investigate and expose ACORN’s alarming misuse of the public funds it receives.
An Allegheny County judge recently ordered 7 former ACORN workers to stand trial in connection with “elections law violations. “Somebody has to go after ACORN,” Senior District Judge Richard H. Zoller said, according to the Tribune-Review. “We will,” was the reply from a county detective.
We will, too, your honor.
Thank you...
Wise Words from the Past
“No man is good enough to govern another man without his consent...
these United States Of America can never be destroyed from the
forces outside its borders. If America falls, it will fall from within.
Brought down by apathy. When good people do nothing anarchy
reigns.” - Abraham Lincoln
The hottest place in hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in
times of great moral conflict - Martin Luther King
these United States Of America can never be destroyed from the
forces outside its borders. If America falls, it will fall from within.
Brought down by apathy. When good people do nothing anarchy
reigns.” - Abraham Lincoln
The hottest place in hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in
times of great moral conflict - Martin Luther King
Friday, July 17, 2009
Obama Tax Plan Affects Everyone
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 5:07 PMBy: Dan Mangru
Read his lips.
“I can make a firm pledge,” Obama told a crowd in Dover, N.H. last September.
“Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.”
Famous last words: Not any of your taxes. Apparently Obama and his administration believe that the American public only listen to rhetoric and read the headlines.
Just this week, I couldn’t get on the Web or pickup a newspaper without reading The New York Times headline, “House Health Plan Outlines Higher Taxes on Rich,” or some version of taxing the rich. All of which point to Obama as Robin Hood, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor in the name of healthcare. While that may sound nice to the middle class, seniors, small business owners, and the poor, sometimes you have to look beyond the rhetoric and beyond the headlines. Laced into Obama’s government healthcare bill are tax increases that no one is talking about that will actually pay for the massive healthcare expansion.
First off is the new tax on soda. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel has introduced a 10-cent per can tax on sugary sodas onto Obama’s healthcare bill. Estimates indicate that this tax could generate over $112 billion.
I wonder if anyone in the Obama administration stopped to ponder if people who make less than $200,000 a year drink soda. I wonder if they thought that a soda tax only affected the rich.
News flash to Obama and Congress: People who make less than $200,000 a year drink soda.
What’s so appalling about the soda tax is not that Obama is going to hurt millions of American families by raising their cost of living. It is that Obama is doing so without anyone realizing it.
The middle class and the poor have been duped by Obama and his $600 stimulus checks and his tax rebates (which have really been increases in welfare spending and not direct tax rebates). Obama wants to go on the PR tour and talk about how he’s putting money back in the pockets of American families.
Well, as Obama giveth, Obama taketh away.
What the middle class and the poor don’t see is that Obama is taking back that money and then some with his hidden tax hikes. For instance, Obama is taking an extra 62 cents for every pack of cigarettes that you smoke.
Insignificant you might say.
The National Taxpayers Union notes that tobacco taxes take a 50 times larger share of income from households making less than $20,000 in annual income than those earning more than $200,000 in annual income.
In addition, families making less than $30,000 a year shell out more than 50 percent of all taxes levied on cigarettes, and households earning over than $60,000, let alone those making over $200,000, pay only 14 percent.
After taking away your money by taxing sodas and cigarettes, Obama also wants to hit you where it really hurts, your energy bill.
By limiting tax breaks for domestic production of energy and a host of other energy tax hikes, Obama’s new budget is expected to raise U.S. energy bills by $105 billion over the next 10 years. All of that is without even mentioning cap and trade, which is projected to cost American families billions more.
But to repeat the Obama mantra, we’re only going to raise taxes on the rich.
Let’s take a further look at that. If Obama raises taxes on all individuals making more than $200,000 a year, will that affect working families?
According to a recent Joint Committee on Taxation analysis of President Obama’s budget proposal, almost half (47 percent) of the income that would be exposed to Obama’s tax hikes would be income produced by small business men and women who file as individuals.
If small businesses are being taxed more, they are just going to swallow it up and pay more money, and chalk it up to bad luck. As Vice President Joe Biden would say about paying more taxes, it’s the patriotic thing to do.
However, as British poet John Donne once said, “No man is an island.”
We are all interconnected. When small businesses and businesses in general see higher taxes, they respond by raising the prices of their goods and services to pay for those taxes. So when your local plumber, whose business brings in over $200,000 a year, decides to raise the rates, just thank Obama for that. When the price of getting your car fixed at your local mechanic shop goes up, just thank Obama for that. And when it comes time to send your kids to school and you can’t afford to put gas in your car, just thank Obama for that.
What the administration doesn’t understand is that when you go to buy a gallon of gas, they don’t ask you whether you earn over $200,000 a year or not. They tax you just the same as everyone else.
Taxes have a way of trickling down our economy, and when you tax one of us, you tax all of us because we are all interconnected. So when Obama speaks of just taxing the rich, remember that you just can’t tax the rich, because eventually, in some way or another, you’ll end up bearing the burden for at least some of those taxes.
Whether it is higher food costs, higher energy costs, or just a higher cost of living, in the end, everyone has to pay for tax hikes. Obama and his PR team don’t want you to know that. They just want you to collect your $600 stimulus check and be happy.
Read his lips.
“I can make a firm pledge,” Obama told a crowd in Dover, N.H. last September.
“Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.”
Famous last words: Not any of your taxes. Apparently Obama and his administration believe that the American public only listen to rhetoric and read the headlines.
Just this week, I couldn’t get on the Web or pickup a newspaper without reading The New York Times headline, “House Health Plan Outlines Higher Taxes on Rich,” or some version of taxing the rich. All of which point to Obama as Robin Hood, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor in the name of healthcare. While that may sound nice to the middle class, seniors, small business owners, and the poor, sometimes you have to look beyond the rhetoric and beyond the headlines. Laced into Obama’s government healthcare bill are tax increases that no one is talking about that will actually pay for the massive healthcare expansion.
First off is the new tax on soda. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel has introduced a 10-cent per can tax on sugary sodas onto Obama’s healthcare bill. Estimates indicate that this tax could generate over $112 billion.
I wonder if anyone in the Obama administration stopped to ponder if people who make less than $200,000 a year drink soda. I wonder if they thought that a soda tax only affected the rich.
News flash to Obama and Congress: People who make less than $200,000 a year drink soda.
What’s so appalling about the soda tax is not that Obama is going to hurt millions of American families by raising their cost of living. It is that Obama is doing so without anyone realizing it.
The middle class and the poor have been duped by Obama and his $600 stimulus checks and his tax rebates (which have really been increases in welfare spending and not direct tax rebates). Obama wants to go on the PR tour and talk about how he’s putting money back in the pockets of American families.
Well, as Obama giveth, Obama taketh away.
What the middle class and the poor don’t see is that Obama is taking back that money and then some with his hidden tax hikes. For instance, Obama is taking an extra 62 cents for every pack of cigarettes that you smoke.
Insignificant you might say.
The National Taxpayers Union notes that tobacco taxes take a 50 times larger share of income from households making less than $20,000 in annual income than those earning more than $200,000 in annual income.
In addition, families making less than $30,000 a year shell out more than 50 percent of all taxes levied on cigarettes, and households earning over than $60,000, let alone those making over $200,000, pay only 14 percent.
After taking away your money by taxing sodas and cigarettes, Obama also wants to hit you where it really hurts, your energy bill.
By limiting tax breaks for domestic production of energy and a host of other energy tax hikes, Obama’s new budget is expected to raise U.S. energy bills by $105 billion over the next 10 years. All of that is without even mentioning cap and trade, which is projected to cost American families billions more.
But to repeat the Obama mantra, we’re only going to raise taxes on the rich.
Let’s take a further look at that. If Obama raises taxes on all individuals making more than $200,000 a year, will that affect working families?
According to a recent Joint Committee on Taxation analysis of President Obama’s budget proposal, almost half (47 percent) of the income that would be exposed to Obama’s tax hikes would be income produced by small business men and women who file as individuals.
If small businesses are being taxed more, they are just going to swallow it up and pay more money, and chalk it up to bad luck. As Vice President Joe Biden would say about paying more taxes, it’s the patriotic thing to do.
However, as British poet John Donne once said, “No man is an island.”
We are all interconnected. When small businesses and businesses in general see higher taxes, they respond by raising the prices of their goods and services to pay for those taxes. So when your local plumber, whose business brings in over $200,000 a year, decides to raise the rates, just thank Obama for that. When the price of getting your car fixed at your local mechanic shop goes up, just thank Obama for that. And when it comes time to send your kids to school and you can’t afford to put gas in your car, just thank Obama for that.
What the administration doesn’t understand is that when you go to buy a gallon of gas, they don’t ask you whether you earn over $200,000 a year or not. They tax you just the same as everyone else.
Taxes have a way of trickling down our economy, and when you tax one of us, you tax all of us because we are all interconnected. So when Obama speaks of just taxing the rich, remember that you just can’t tax the rich, because eventually, in some way or another, you’ll end up bearing the burden for at least some of those taxes.
Whether it is higher food costs, higher energy costs, or just a higher cost of living, in the end, everyone has to pay for tax hikes. Obama and his PR team don’t want you to know that. They just want you to collect your $600 stimulus check and be happy.
Faber: Next Stimulus Will Be Worse
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 3:46 PMBy: Julie Crawshaw
Some economists think that another bubble is what’s needed to get the economy moving again.
Gloom, Boom and Doom publisher Marc Faber said this is ridiculous, and that the Federal Reserve — which he holds responsible for creating the housing bubble — wants to do it all over again.
The central bank should not encourage excessive credit growth, Faber tells Moneynews.com's Dan Mangru in an exclusive interview.
Between 2000 and 2007 the total U.S. credit market debt increased at five times the rate of nominal gross domestic product.
Unfortunately, Faber said, the next bubble is already here. This time it’s government spending and fiscal deficits that Faber thinks will double the government’s debt during the next six years or less.
“The U.S. government is largely deranged,” he said. “The private sector is the dynamic one, and that’s why I object tremendously against building up fiscal deficits because (they) shift economic activity into unproductive government instead of leaving it in the private sector.”
Another stimulus package would only make matters worse.
“In the Depression, they had one stimulus after another and it didn’t help,” Faber said. “What helped was World War II.”
Some economists think that another bubble is what’s needed to get the economy moving again.
Gloom, Boom and Doom publisher Marc Faber said this is ridiculous, and that the Federal Reserve — which he holds responsible for creating the housing bubble — wants to do it all over again.
The central bank should not encourage excessive credit growth, Faber tells Moneynews.com's Dan Mangru in an exclusive interview.
Between 2000 and 2007 the total U.S. credit market debt increased at five times the rate of nominal gross domestic product.
Unfortunately, Faber said, the next bubble is already here. This time it’s government spending and fiscal deficits that Faber thinks will double the government’s debt during the next six years or less.
“The U.S. government is largely deranged,” he said. “The private sector is the dynamic one, and that’s why I object tremendously against building up fiscal deficits because (they) shift economic activity into unproductive government instead of leaving it in the private sector.”
Another stimulus package would only make matters worse.
“In the Depression, they had one stimulus after another and it didn’t help,” Faber said. “What helped was World War II.”
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